Abstract
Praise from some scientists and scorn from others are likely to greet a new television series, Nobel Legacy, that is appearing on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations on three successive Friday evenings, starting April 21. Two Nobel Laureate chemists with prominent roles in the program on chemistry tell C&EN they think it conveys the wonder and potential of science. They believe it presents a positive image of chemistry, and praise the program's great visual beauty. But many scientists who watch the three-part series may conclude that a battery of antiscience, even antirational, arguments presented as a counterpoint in all three shows will prove more persuasive to many viewers than the wonders of science—in particular, because the arguments are never directly confronted and answered. Creators of the series say they aim to boost science in the eyes of the public, many of whom react to science as if it were a foreign language. The programs ...
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