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Jun 21, 2005
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Date of publication Jun 21, 2005 Category: Focus
The new "Chinese dream" regards science communication
Science and technology: these are the mainstays China wants to concentrate on in order to stabilise its future as an emerging world power. Beijing plans to have the whole, enormous Chinese population literate in the scientific field within a few years. Scientific popularization is the key to what now, due to political influences and deep social disparities, seems remote.
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Date of publication Jun 21, 2005 Category: Commentary
The scientist in the science-based democratic society
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Date of publication Jun 21, 2005 Category: Commentary
Why we need more thought
All science undergraduates should do at least one philosophy course as part of their curriculum to augment their communication skills. This article sets out the arguments and the wider benefits for students of such courses.
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Date of publication Jun 21, 2005 Category: Article
The sociological nature of science communication
The article proposes a reflection on science communication and on the communicative processes characteristic to the production of new-found knowledge. It aims to outline the role that sociology can play within this frame for greater understanding. The article first defines the main evolutionary trends in scientific research in recent decades, with particular reference to the emergence of new social actors. Following on from this, it will look at some of the epistemological conditions that may strengthen the sociologist's role in the cognition of scientific production. Using this as a premise, we will look at a typology for science communication and its components, as well as some of its governing principles. The conclusion of the article indicates the added value that can be gained from the use of such a model, with the particular aim of identifying indicators that allow the evaluation of scientific research in sociological terms as well as those already in existence.
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Date of publication Jun 21, 2005 Category: Commentary
Return behind in order to go ahead: on the formation to scientific research
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Date of publication Jun 21, 2005 Category: Letter
About science communication in India
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Date of publication Jun 21, 2005 Category: Commentary
Cultivating science
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Date of publication Mar 21, 2005 Category: Article
Historians of science and the "Sobel Effect"
In 1995, journalist Dava Sobel's Longitude caused an earthquake in the history of science community. The present article analyses how only recently historians of science have fully realized the novelty the book represented. In the meantime, the international success of popular books by journalists on the history of science has become a well-known phenomenon. The author suggests that the huge publishing success of Sobel's book the "Sobel Effect" has provoked three main kinds of reaction among historians: rejection, detachment, and imitation. Which of the three strategies is the best, for both public and authors?
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Date of publication Mar 21, 2005 Category: Commentary
Vincenzio and Galileo Galilei's epistemic imprinting
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