Why Blog About Science?
Paul Vallett,
Electron Café,
Oct 27, 2010
Why should scientists blog about science, instead of merely publishing in scientific journals? For one thing, it forces them to pay attention to a wider range of readers. "If my Dad," writes Paul Vallett, "who is an electrical engineer and has some pretty strong background in science and engineering – can't understand my paper, how is anyone else going to know why it is important and why it is relevant? I know that it is interesting and useful, but if nobody else does than what is the point?" Making a discipline accessible is, in my mind, key to educating the next generation of professionals in the discipline - not no mention your parents.
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