‘Popularization’ of science

1977 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 458-464
Author(s):  
Maurice Goldsmith ◽  
Daniel Danin
Keyword(s):  
Popularization Of Science

The Portuguese Astronomer Melo e Simas (1870–1934): Republican Ideals and Popularization of Science

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Simões ◽  
Luís Miguel Carolino
Keyword(s):  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Popularization Of Science ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Republic ◽  
European Periphery ◽  
Scientific Ethos

ArgumentThis paper analyses a process of co-construction of knowledge and its multiple forms of communication in a country of the European periphery in the early twentieth century. It focuses on Lieutenant Manuel Soares de Melo e Simas, a politically engaged Portuguese astronomer, who moved from amateur to professional during the political transition from the monarchy to the republic. Melo e Simas paralleled his professional career in continuous activity of communicating science to the public in the context of republicanism in a double way, by responding to the agenda of republicanism and by playing an active role in shaping it. He aimed at educating lay audiences in the various ways of astronomy, and he reached out to as many people as possible by exploring a multitude of communication channels, from lectures to articles in newspapers and journals. Voiced often within newly created republican institutions, the praxis and the ideas of Melo e Simas helped to mold the new republican scientific ethos. By going beyond mere emphasis on scientism and positivism, usually taken to be the defining characteristics of the new republican ethos, this paper argues that science and the specificities of its multiple forms of communication were central to the way Melo e Simas shaped the republican ideology. Furthermore, popularization of science was used to legitimize the status of professional scientists at the same time that it helped reinforce their institutional setting, still to be negotiated in the forthcoming decades through a complex process which deserves further historical analysis.

scholarly journals Skin Barrier Damage due to Prolonged Mask Use among Healthcare Workers and the General Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Survey in China

Dermatology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Xiao Wan ◽  
Quansheng Lu ◽  
Dandan Sun ◽  
Hong Wu ◽  
Guan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Skin Barrier ◽  
Population History ◽  
Skin Damage ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Skin Injuries ◽  
Popularization Of Science

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resurged in localized areas in China. Individuals wear masks to prevent the spread of droplets. However, skin barrier damage occurs because of the prolonged use of masks. <b><i>Objective:</i></b> To investigate the prevalence and associated risk factors of skin injuries among healthcare workers (HCWs) and the general population during the COVID-19 outbreak. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> A multicenter cross-sectional study of skin barrier damage caused by wearing masks was conducted using an online questionnaire between December 10 and December 31, 2020. Data regarding demographics, characteristics of facial skin damage, and information on masks were registered. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze factors associated with skin barrier damage, and odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were used to establish correlation strength. <b><i>Results:</i></b> A total of 1,538 responses were retrieved from 1,700 questionnaires (response rate, 90.47%), and 1,409 questionnaires were valid (effective response rate, 91.61%). The respondents comprised 567 HCWs (40.24%) and 842 individuals from the general population (59.76%). The prevalence of skin injuries was 46.03% among HCWs and 46.20% among the general population. History of chronic skin disease (OR, 6.01; 95% CI, 4.75–7.75), type of mask used (OR, 2.77; 95% CI, 1.95–3.93), daily wearing time (OR, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.36–1.82), and mask replacement cycle (OR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.68–0.86) were associated with skin barrier damage. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> There was a high incidence of skin barrier damage due to prolonged mask use among HCWs and the general population, and treatment and prevention were inadequate. Attention needs to be given to strengthening comprehensive health education and popularization of science.

scholarly journals A NEW AGENCY FOR THE POPULARIZATION OF SCIENCE

Science ◽  
1921 ◽  
Vol 53 (1371) ◽  
pp. 321-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Slosson
Keyword(s):  
Popularization Of Science

THE POPULARIZATION OF SCIENCE

Science ◽  
1929 ◽  
Vol 70 (1826) ◽  
pp. 632-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. Hamor ◽  
L. W. Bass
Keyword(s):  
Popularization Of Science

French attitudes to the popularization of science

1978 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-180
Author(s):  
Jean-Noël Kapferer ◽  
Jean-Francois Boss
Keyword(s):  
Popularization Of Science

THE IMPORTANCE OF POPULARIZATION OF SCIENCE BASED APPROACH IN HUMAN SCIENCE EDUCATION

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Havelka ◽  
Barbora Krejci ◽  
Anna Zachova ◽  
Katerina Bartosova
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Human Science ◽  
Popularization Of Science

Is the Gamification of Scientific Work a Good Idea?

2022 ◽  
pp. 467-482
Author(s):  
Stéphane Le Lay ◽  
Jean Frances
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Popularization Of Science

This chapter shows that, contrary to what some researchers claim, setting up the conditions for a “playful environment” is not so simple, in particular when it comes to organizing a new competition for the popularization of science (MT180®). In fact, we will see that popularization does not fit so easily into the “playful environment” desired by the organizers due to the gamified nature of the approach, which gradually colonizes the initial desire to present one's scientific work and pushes some participants to exaggerate their results in order to go as far as possible in the competition. It is therefore feared that the gamification of scientific work, while compatible with neoliberal expectations, will in fact lead to the production of bad science. The question then arises as to whether the need to turn researchers into effective communicators with a view to building the “knowledge society” advocated by international institutions can be achieved through gamified approaches, with the risk of creating an ever-greater distance between (real) scientific knowledge and citizens.

The Mach-Planck debate revisited: democratization of science or elite knowledge?

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayo Siemsen
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
World War ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Popularization Of Science ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Subject ◽  
First World

Is scientific knowledge the domain of the intellectual elite or is it everyman’s concern, thus making the popularization of science a democratic activity integrally required of science itself? This is a question whose history extends back even longer than the enlightenment period. As technology starts to permeate every inch of daily life, the issues involved for our future development become more pressing and a matter of socio-political development. Dostoyevsky brought this to the point in a fictional dispute between a Great Inquisitor and Christ. This was also the subject of fierce scientific debates, the most prominent of which was probably the debate between Ernst Mach and Max Planck at the turn of the century, before the first world war, when the new Physics (quantum theory and relativity) was discovered and its relevance for our view of the world and our place in it was hotly discussed. For Mach, the job of popularization should rest with science - an informed public cannot be manipulated as easily by ‘pop science’. This article focuses on the mostly neglected political epistemological level of the debate, its sporadic later flare-ups in different places with different protagonists (Wagenschein, Wittenberg), and its relevance for the popularization of science today.

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