Talking to My Dog about Science: Weblogs and Public Outreach

@inproceedings{Orzel2008, abstract = {At a time when the great challenges facing our civilization are scientific in nature (climate change, sustainable energy, pandemic disease), improving the voting public's understanding and appreciation of science is more important than ever. I will argue that the Internet in general and weblogs specifically provide an opportunity to address this problem, both through bringing science outreach directly to the public, but also by humanizing scientists to the public. I will illustrate with examples from my own experience blogging about physics for a popular audience, including explaining quantum mechanics to my dog.}, address = {Waterloo, Ontario}, author = {Orzel, Chad }, booktitle = {Science in the 21st Century}, citeulike-article-id = {2807931}, keywords = {science-blog}, month = {September}, organization = {Perimeter Institute}, posted-at = {2008-05-17 17:06:13}, priority = {2}, title = {Talking to My Dog about Science: Weblogs and Public Outreach}, url = {http://www.slideshare.net/orzelc/science-in-the-21st-century-conference-talk-presentation}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - Orzel2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2807931 TI - Talking to My Dog about Science: Weblogs and Public Outreach T2 - Science in the 21st Century AD - Waterloo, Ontario OR - Perimeter Institute N2 - At a time when the great challenges facing our civilization are scientific in nature (climate change, sustainable energy, pandemic disease), improving the voting public's understanding and appreciation of science is more important than ever. I will argue that the Internet in general and weblogs specifically provide an opportunity to address this problem, both through bringing science outreach directly to the public, but also by humanizing scientists to the public. I will illustrate with examples from my own experience blogging about physics for a popular audience, including explaining quantum mechanics to my dog. KW - science-blog AU - Orzel, Chad PY - 2008/09/8-12/ UR - http://www.slideshare.net/orzelc/science-in-the-21st-century-conference-talk-presentation ER -