Adults Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

You can't train kids in a world where adults have no concept of what science literacy is. The adults are gonna squash the creativity…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Science is the engine of prosperity. All the prosperity we see around us is a byproduct of scientific inventions. And that's not being made…

— Michio Kaku

We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start…

— Mae Jemison

Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are always turning…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Lack of scientific fundamentals causes people to make foolish decisions about issues such as the toxicity of chemicals, the efficacy of medicines, the changes…

— Peter Agre

Kids are intimidated by the way science and technology is presented. It's made, frankly, quite boring and it becomes part of a curriculum that…

— Dean Kamen

We are really battling, today in the U.S., keeping science education in the forefront at the elementary level, and that's where the research shows…

— Steve Spangler

Kids come out of the chute liking science. They ask, 'How come? Why? What's this?' They pick up stuff to examine it. We might…

— Mae Jemison

It's true that the level of scientific knowledge among adults is very low, but that's not because there isn't a natural interest. I think…

— Stephen Jay Gould

The education of young people in science is at least as important, maybe more so, than the research itself.

— Glenn T. Seaborg

“It’s not that children are little scientists — it’s that scientists are big children. Scientists actually are the few people who as adults get…

— Alison Gopnik