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notseamus · 4652 days ago · link · · parent · post: Every World Press Photo Winner From 1955-2011 [NSFW]
I'd never heard of him before the internet, he's a real american phenomenon unfortunately.
Brian Cox on the BBC does something similar and has energised the public spread of science. There's a rare breed where scientific prowess, the ability to teach others, and being able to connect to the public combine, and they're way more valuable than we imagine.
I absolutely agree. I don't think anyone over here has managed to pick up Sagan's torch. Neil deGrasse Tyson is very good, and he is working on a sequel to Sagan's Cosmos, but I don't think he has the eloquence that Sagan had. Sagan could be poetic, which really bridged the gap between science, and the non-scientist community. He was a story-teller.
Science is so much more than neat, or interesting. It is a slice of humanity. We do need more of these people.
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I've been examining a science centre for my thesis project this year and I've done research into the outreach that people are doing in order to see how a building would fare wrt attracting visitors. I've been looking at voyeurism and there've been no arguments about letting people look into the world of the scientist and busting that open to examine. Part of the problem is that science isn't casual and has to be rigorous at all times. Bridging the gap between the science and public domains is hard work, and designing a building where the public can come up against the scientific domain is interesting too, also a challenge.