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I know a knowledge of science isn't a prerequisite for running a country...

LARRY KLAES
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:38:58 -0800

... but sigh:
 
The prime minister, who admitted that science had passed him by at school, was given a run-down of the Huygens space probe by scientists at the Open University in Milton Keynes.
 
  

He said: "I missed out on science at school, I'm afraid. It passed me by completely, but it's a fantastic subject."

He added: "It must have been fascinating to work on it, though."

The professor replied: "On good days."

As the prime minister left, Prof Zarnecki presented him with a copy of the last photograph taken by Huygens of the surface of Titan.

Mr Blair told him: "My little boy will love it."