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A Century of IdeasLiving Joyfully with Complexity in Chemistry and Culture

A Century of Ideas: Living Joyfully with Complexity in Chemistry and Culture [There are many reasons for speaking about science to the general public. One motivation could be to attract more people to our profession. More important is that it is impossible for a democratic society such as India to function without the broadest possible awareness of some of the basic ideas of science by the general public. Scientists form only about one percent of our population. Research is possible only when the other 99% of society understand what scientists do. People ultimately make the decisions. They may seek the advice of experts, but experts can be martialled on the side of any issue in the world. It is important that people themselves learn at least some basic ideas of science, so that they can judge the words of experts and listen to them critically, as well as to the words of politicians. It is very important for the functioning of a democratic society that people know about science.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Century of IdeasLiving Joyfully with Complexity in Chemistry and Culture

Part of the Fundamental Theories of Physics Book Series (volume 149)
Editors: Sidharth, B. G.
Hoffmann, Roald
A Century of Ideas — Jan 1, 2008
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Netherlands 2008
ISBN
978-1-4020-4359-8
Pages
101 –108
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-4360-4_10
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Abstract

[There are many reasons for speaking about science to the general public. One motivation could be to attract more people to our profession. More important is that it is impossible for a democratic society such as India to function without the broadest possible awareness of some of the basic ideas of science by the general public. Scientists form only about one percent of our population. Research is possible only when the other 99% of society understand what scientists do. People ultimately make the decisions. They may seek the advice of experts, but experts can be martialled on the side of any issue in the world. It is important that people themselves learn at least some basic ideas of science, so that they can judge the words of experts and listen to them critically, as well as to the words of politicians. It is very important for the functioning of a democratic society that people know about science.]

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: Democratic Society; Chevrel Phase; Complicated Molecule; Evil People; Episode Series

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