This document discusses botany and science topics from 1809 to 2009, including Darwin's work in 1859, the founding of the National Academy of Sciences in 1863, and C.P. Snow's observations about the divide between science and literature in 1959. It also mentions challenges facing science communication like climate change, biodiversity loss, and the need to educate and engage both scientists and non-scientists to overcome mutual incomprehension between the two cultures.
21. Scientific literacy “[T]he knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for personal decision making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic productivity.” National Science Education Standards: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses
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24. 1959: C. P. Snow The Two Cultures “Literary intellectuals at one pole—at the other scientists…Between the two a gulf of mutual incomprehension….” www.age-of-the-sage.org
28. 1959: C. P. Snow The Two Cultures “Literary intellectuals at one pole—at the other scientists…Between the two a gulf of mutual incomprehension—sometimes hostility.” www.age-of-the-sage.org
38. 2009 “If the modern operators of Wedgwood…had shown a tenth of Josiah’s intuitive grasp, his flair, his zest for selling, it would not now be dying.” Judith Flanders, New York Times, 9 January 2009