ABSTRACT
Science education is an important basis for our life in a technological world. It has its role not only for its contributions to technological progress, but also for the updating of our world view and culturally based beliefs. It is clear that a majority of persons will not become scientists themselves, but they should have the opportunity to understand principles of science in order to follow and critically evaluate their progress. The task of transdisciplinary science education deserves thus careful attention and should not be left to chance events. The development of the powerful tools of molecular genetics would not have been possible without interdisciplinary collaboration. It started in 1940s when scientists realized that bacteria and even viruses have genes which determine microbial life processes, just as it had already been known for higher organisms. The quality of science communication can widely influence the opinion of the general public on sciences and their role in cultural progress of human civilisation.
