Public Understanding of Science
Public Understanding of Science , (Engl. "Understandable Science" ) also briefly Public Understanding referred to the dialogue between science and the general public with the aim of scientific content fields other individuals and institutions make it accessible and understandable. The concept is expanded by the relation of the sciences to humans as Public Understanding of Science and Humanities (PUSH).
aims
An understandable science dialog is intended to bring science and society closer together and to reduce fears about technical innovation processes. The curiosity for science, technology and research should be encouraged especially among children and young people.
Science in dialogue
In Germany in 1999, on the initiative of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, the society " Wissenschaft im Dialog " was founded in the legal form of a non-profit GmbH in order to promote the scientific dialogue through various measures and projects.
Understandable writing
Scientific topics that are written down therefore also require an understandable text. This includes that the texts are simple, concise and clear. Various municipalities are considering using legal German as an administrative language that is close to the citizens.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wissenschaft-Im-Dialog.de accessed on May 30, 2010
- ↑ http://www.dlr.rlp.de/Internet/global/themen.nsf/82f90ee7f4e59e4fc125736800361ca3/4fd30b61cac5ebc125728800325cc3?OpenDocument
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
