03 Oct 2023

Our Retired Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Celâl Şengör’s Letter is in The Guardian

The Guardian, one of UK’s leading newspapers, published a letter by our retired faculty member Prof. Dr. Celâl Şengör in its issue dated September 29, 2023.

News: İTÜ Media and Communication Office

A letter by Prof. Dr. Celâl Şengör, a retired faculty member of the Faculty of Mines at Istanbul Technical University, in which he expressed his views on the relationship between science and society, was published in The Guardian, which has an important place in the press life of the UK.

Prof. Dr. Şengör’s letter titled “Sheer stupidity is a threat to our scientific progress”, written in response to an article by the renowned theoretical physicist Giorgio Parisi claiming that the world has lost trust in scientists, was published on the “science” section of the newspaper along with letters written by Damian Pattinson and Jack Whalen on the same subject.

Click to access the  letter.

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