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This book analyzes how climate change adaptation can be implemented
at the community, regional and national level. Featuring a variety
of case studies, it illustrates strategies, initiatives and
projects currently being implemented across the world. In addition
to the challenges faced by communities, cities and regions seeking
to cope with climate change phenomena like floods, droughts and
other extreme events, the respective chapters cover topics such as
the adaptive capacities of water management organizations,
biodiversity conservation, and indigenous and climate change
adaptation strategies. The book will appeal to a broad readership,
from scholars to policymakers, interested in developing strategies
for effectively addressing the impacts of climate change.
Scientists are often perceived to be poor communicators, but this
can be due to a lack of formalised training at undergraduate level
and beyond, rather than an innate inability to communicate. There
are many areas of communication that scientists are expected to
excel at; for example the writing of technical reports and
scientific papers. However, even in these fields there is often
very little training given to scientists, with the majority of them
expected to learn on the job in a kind of peer-review trial by
fire. Effective Science Communication: A practical guide to
engaging as a scientist provides a concise and practical guide
devoted to the myriad of ways that scientists are expected to
communicate in their day-to-day lives, combining for the first time
modern methods of engagement such as dealing with the modern media
and professional social networking, with traditional methods of
technical (and non-technical) presentation, paper-writing and
proposal shaping. By offering practical and applicable advice, it
provides effectual tools to develop skills to communicate with a
variety of audiences in an effective and engaging manner. It
includes specific examples and advice on how to apply best
practice, and also focuses on teaching the underlying skills that
are necessary to use the required tools; for example when
demonstrating how to give effective presentations, there will be a
focus on the underlying skillset (confidence, pacing, stance) that
is necessary to be an effective narrator and communicator, rather
than simply talking about the toolset (e.g. how to make nice
PowerPoint slides). The book provides a helping hand to all
scientists, but especially those beginning their career.
A sonnet to science presents an account of six ground-breaking
scientists who also wrote poetry, and the effect that this had on
their lives and research. How was the universal computer inspired
by Lord Byron? Why was the link between malaria and mosquitos first
captured in the form of a poem? Whom did Humphry Davy consider to
be an 'illiterate pirate'? Written by leading science communicator
and scientific poet Dr Sam Illingworth, A sonnet to science
presents an aspirational account of how these two disciplines can
work together, and in so doing aims to convince both current and
future generations of scientists and poets that these worlds are
not mutually exclusive, but rather complementary in nature. -- .
This book analyzes how climate change adaptation can be implemented
at the community, regional and national level. Featuring a variety
of case studies, it illustrates strategies, initiatives and
projects currently being implemented across the world. In addition
to the challenges faced by communities, cities and regions seeking
to cope with climate change phenomena like floods, droughts and
other extreme events, the respective chapters cover topics such as
the adaptive capacities of water management organizations,
biodiversity conservation, and indigenous and climate change
adaptation strategies. The book will appeal to a broad readership,
from scholars to policymakers, interested in developing strategies
for effectively addressing the impacts of climate change.
Science Communication Through Poetry aims to explore how we might
communicate science effectively both to and with non-scientific
audiences across the spectrum of science communication, from
dissemination to dialogue, via the medium of poetry. It has been
written for scientists, science communicators, public engagement
practitioners, and poets, so that they can learn how to use poetry
as an effective tool through which to diversify science. As well as
containing specific advice and guidance for how to use poetry to
communicate science with different audiences, this book contains a
number of exercises for the reader to reflect on what has been
learnt and to put into practice what is discussed. Further study
and additional readings are also provided to help improve
knowledge, understanding, and familiarity with both poetry and
science communication.
A sonnet to science presents an account of six ground-breaking
scientists who also wrote poetry, and the effect that this had on
their lives and research. How was the universal computer inspired
by Lord Byron? Why was the link between malaria and mosquitos first
captured in the form of a poem? Who did Humphry Davy consider to be
an 'illiterate pirate'? Written by leading science communicator and
scientific poet Dr Sam Illingworth, A sonnet to science presents an
aspirational account of how these two disciplines can work
together, and in so doing aims to inspire both current and future
generations of scientists and poets that these worlds are not
mutually exclusive, but rather complementary in nature. -- .
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