![]() ![]() Baquet did not object to the internal document. I think listening to this lecture was definitely time well spent. Users must create an account using their OCCC email address. I am interested to know if any of you scientists have faced the Carl Sagan problem she outlined about colleagues being less than supportive of you bringing your research and knowledge to the media?Īnyway, thanks again, Beth. She made a great case for interdisciplinarity by stating that journalists could play a major role in dispelling many of the public’s problems with understanding science, but then outlining the problems that journalists inherently face in doing so, which in turn could be dispelled with the help of scientists. As a nurse, I have definitely noticed this concept played out in people’s ideas about preventing disease (for example, a family that limited travel for fear of the bird flu while smoking heavily around their children). I thought her insights on “problems with the public” regarding science were very interesting, especially the comments on the public’s highly misguided ideas about risk. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Cornelia Dean’s lecture. I would like to let her know about the symposium in advance, whether she is interested in the keynote or not. She may require travel, though I know she has family in the area and so may come down frequently. I’m not sure what her situation would be regarding a keynote. I couldn’t find a full bio, but some might find interesting her essay on being a female science editor and the experiences of women trying to break into mathematics in academia, written in the wake of Larry Summer’s unfortunate remarks a couple of years ago: She also wrote the book, “Against the Tide: The Battle for American’s Beaches” which was published in 1999 by Columbia University Press and was a N.Y. I spoke to her about our symposium and she wanted me to get in touch with her with more info when I could, as she does find “The Two Cultures” of interest. For a lecture at Nicholas last fall, she used “The Two Cultures” as a springboard for a discussion of science writing and public understanding of science. The contact I mentioned at the meeting that was interested in hearing more about our Two Cultures symposium was Cornelia Dean, Science Writer and former Science Editor of the New York Times.
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