This article portrays the 350-year history of efforts to close the gap between academic science
and science for the citizen. Today this deficiency has become an international dilemma represented
by the science–technology–society movement. The situation is more complicated than in the past
because of the changing image in the practice of science, revolutionary changes in societies, and
the emmergence of an information age. These forces have outmoded current curricula in science
and their goals.