Science Centres and Science Events A Science Communication Handbook
The idea for this text stemmed from the fruitful experience gathered during the training course of 9 Nigerian university students organized in Naples from 3 to 18 September 2008 by the team of Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza under the project Science
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Anne-Marie Bruyas • Michaela Riccio Editors
Science Centres and Science Events A Science Communication Handbook
Editors Anne-Marie Bruyas International Relations Fondazione IDIS-Citta` della Scienza Naples Italy
Michaela Riccio International Relations Fondazione IDIS-Citta` della Scienza Naples Italy
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Foreword
Science is all around us, it is part of our culture and has a great impact as such on our lives. New scientific advances – and indeed new technologies based on existing knowledge – are allowing our lifestyles to change at a faster rate than ever before. Today, more than ever, we are relying on science and scientists to help us answer questions and address problems that were unthinkable even just few years ago. What should be communicated and how? What does actually involve the concept of scientific citizenship, which gives a democratic form to knowledge society? And how is it possible to construct it? How to build science events? These are some of the questions addressed
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