Abstract
It is possible to predict with any precision the total number of physicists needed by the economy. Physicists compete for jobs with graduates in other disciplines, in particular with engineering graduates. Some of the jobs now done by physics graduates might be performed competently in future by arts graduates or by non-graduate technicians. The author suggests that these are aspects of the 'uncertainty principle' in education and training. Nevertheless, the evidence indicates that the future of British industry will depend on securing an increased number of boys and girls who will have been well educated in maths and physics in particular. At present, there is a chronic shortage of properly qualified maths and physics teachers. If this problem is not tackled with determination, failure to solve it could threaten the future of engineering at graduate and technician level, as well as threatening the future of maths and physics education themselves
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