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First off, I thoroughly enjoyed this article. I thought that Dr. Greene wrote in such a romantic and elegant way about science that is rarely seen in the modern age. I also agree with Jasmine above in saying that although everyone would love to learn science the "cool" way, teachers have the responsibility of making sure that their students know and understand the basics. Sure, genetics and nuclear reactions are far more interesting than the structure of the cell and functional groups, but students must know the basics before learning the "interesting" part of science. It seems to me that Greene is a little frustrated and disappointed that the general public still do not know even the basic applications of science to life, which I too think is very sad and upsetting. With all the education that we receive, people should be able to connect at least a little of what they are learning in their science classes to their everyday lives. Even if they find science intimidating, people should know better than to say that science is distant to them when science is all around us and makes up so much of our lives.