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Escape from the Ivory Tower: A Guide to Making Your Science Matter
Nancy Baron
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Description for Escape from the Ivory Tower: A Guide to Making Your Science Matter
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; GTC; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Most scientists and researchers aren't prepared to talk to the press or to policymakers - or to deal with backlash. And many researchers have the horror stories to prove it. As Nancy Baron points out, scientists who decide they want to inform those outside their own research arena and help guide public discourse need to learn a new set of skills. No matter what your scientific specialty is, writes Baron, the keys to success are thinking clearly, knowing what you want to say, understanding your audience, and using everyday language to get your main points across. Developing these skills is ... Read more
Most scientists and researchers aren't prepared to talk to the press or to policymakers - or to deal with backlash. And many researchers have the horror stories to prove it. As Nancy Baron points out, scientists who decide they want to inform those outside their own research arena and help guide public discourse need to learn a new set of skills. No matter what your scientific specialty is, writes Baron, the keys to success are thinking clearly, knowing what you want to say, understanding your audience, and using everyday language to get your main points across. Developing these skills is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781597266642
SKU
V9781597266642
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About Nancy Baron
A former journalist, Nancy Baron is a motivated promoter for clearly communicating the public implications of scientific findings. She has spent most of the past eight years training scientists to better communicate science to the media and the public. During this time she has worked with more 4,000 scientists and many journalists and NGO professionals. Escape from the Ivory Tower ... Read more
Reviews for Escape from the Ivory Tower: A Guide to Making Your Science Matter
In our age of information overload it is easy for research to disappear without trace. If you want yours to get noticed, read Nancy Baron's excellent guide.
Callum Roberts Professor of Marine Conservation, University of York No one understands scientists the way Nancy Baron does. This book helps connect the worlds of science, journalism, and policy ... Read more
Callum Roberts Professor of Marine Conservation, University of York No one understands scientists the way Nancy Baron does. This book helps connect the worlds of science, journalism, and policy ... Read more