M. LEE ALLISON
| Autor: | Celia Arnaud |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 87:34 |
| ISSN: | 2157-4936 0009-2347 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/cen-v087n004.p034 |
| Popis: | THE COALITION on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) has declared 2009 the Year of Science. This loose affiliation of more than 600 scientific and educational organizations anticipates a year’s worth of activities to bring science to the public. “There’s not one big national event or series of events,” says M. Lee Allison, state geologist and director of the Arizona Geological Survey, in Tucson, and COPUS cofounder. “It’s really a grassroots effort. We’re trying to coordinate activities among hundreds or probably even thousands of groups and activities across the country over the year.” Each month has a different theme. “We’re not rolling everything out at the beginning of the year. Things are going to evolve and develop throughout the year,” Allison says. “This is very much a low-budget, low-profile, grassroots kind of effort.” The year kicks off with the process and nature of science in January and finishes with science and health in December. Chemistry ... |
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