Taking Science to the People : A Communication Primer for Scientists and Engineers /

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"The American Public. Government, and the news media continually grapple with myriad policy issues related to science and technology. Those issues include global warming, energy, stem-cell research, health care childhood autism, food safety, and genetics, to name but a few, When the public is i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Communicating Science to Broader Audiences Conference
Other Authors: Johnsen, Carolyn, 1944-
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Science and state.
Science > Social aspects.
Communication in science.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "The difficulty of nubbing together a regurgitative Purwell and superaminative Wennel sprocket" / Leslie Fink
  • Who is science writing for? / Margaret Wertheim
  • Taking your science to the capital / Gene Whitney
  • Building a better science communicator / Stacey Pasco
  • Reflections of an engineer/science writer / Abby Vogel
  • Translating science : from academia to mass media to the public / Kristine Kelly
  • Building new media's science information on the pillars of journalism / Warren Leary
  • Preparing scientists to deal with reporters / Boyce Rensberger
  • Picture power / David Ehrenstein
  • Communicating real science through Hollywood science / Sidney Perkowitz and Eddy Von Mueller
  • Afterword: The challenge and the need to talk and write about science / John Janovy Jr.

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