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The science of being ‘cultured’: a slide puzzle

In his recent article “Tell us what science you need to know to be ‘cultured'” Robert P Crease questions why science is omitted from what a person should know about to be considered “cultured”, and poses his ideas of what areas of science are most culturally relevant. Readers are invited to submit their own thoughts on this topic to robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. To help get you thinking, we have turned the image from Crease’s article into a fiendish slide puzzle

To play, click or drag one or more tiles to move them into the empty space. Repeat until you have reconstructed the image.

Image courtesy: iStock/vasantytf; iStock/extravagantni

Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page.

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