IN “English not only language of science” (The Star, Feb 22), Prof Datuk Ir Wan Ramli Wan Daud, President of UKM’s Fuel Cell Institute, said, “It is more about being able to create new scientific knowledge from a deeper understanding of science and mathematics which can only be achieved by learning it in the mother tongue.” I very much doubt the accuracy of this claim.
Having studied mostly in English, he is obviously better off than most scientists in this country as he is bilingual and has access to science books in both Malay and English.
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