Public Knowledge Author:John Ziman John Ziman, Professor of Theoretical Physics at University of Bristol, sets forth a new point of view on the nature of science and how it works. He argues that the true goal of all scientific research is to contribute to the consensus of universally accepted knowledge. He explores the philosophical, psychological and sociological consequences of... more » this principal, and explains how the consensus is established and how the work of the individual scientist becomes part of it.« less