10 JULY 2004, Page 27

Scientific heights

From Roy Rubenstein Sir: 'History is by far the most important academic discipline,' claims Paul Johnson (And another thing, 3 July). Not so. History is but action-replay to science, which continually seeks the ultimate limits of knowledge. Only were these limits to be reached, with science ending, would Mr Johnson's thesis be correct, as sifting the past would be mankind's only remaining intellectual challenge.

Roy Rubenstein

Tunbridge Wells, Kent