New publication of the Maxwellian
The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation has a new publication “The Maxwellian, which includes a tribute to Peter Higgs and an article by Malcolm Longair.
It is now available on the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation public web site.
Episode
7
Nanoscience
Project: “Nanoparticles and the Human Body”
Scotland – Netherlands – Czech Republic – France – Portugal
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6
Science Communication
Project: “Science and Human Histories”
Scotland – Netherlands – Spain
Has public confidence in the ethics and capacities of science declined in recent times? Topics such as climate change, vaccines, telecommunications, food safety, and most recently COVID-19 have been the subject of debate. This project examines one of the key factors which lies behind the conflict between science and its critics: specifically, the way in which science is, and has been, communicated to society.