The restoration of science

"The entire recommencement of the whole work of the mind."

You’re the Prince of Columbia—the new regime of what used to be the United States. As Prince your power is plenary. You can do anything. What do you do about science?

The enterprise of science still absorbs many of Columbia’s finest minds. But really, science is two things: the people and the institutions. The problem of restoring science after the regi…