THE PANTANETO FORUM
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Articles
How to be interviewed
for TV – a guide for scientists, Christian Darkin
Science as Narrative: The story of the discovery of penicillin, Lucy Avraamidou
and Jonathan Osborne
Book Review
Searchable Author/Title list available here.
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Mindboggling:
Preliminaries to a science of the mind by Roy Harris. Due to be published on the
19th September, 2008. The book will be priced at £11.95 RRP, but for direct orders we are
offering a postage inclusive price of £8.99 (
Science on Television by
Bienvenido León. The book is a clear and systematic guide to
the narrative and rhetorical techniques used by science documentary filmmakers.
The book will be priced at £18.50 RRP, but for direct orders we are offering a
20% discount.
Motivating
Science, is a collection of articles from the
first five years of The Pantaneto Forum.
£13.95 RRP, but for direct orders we are offering a 20% discount.
The Pantaneto Forum aims to promote debate on how scientists communicate, with particular emphasis on how such communication can be improved through education and a better philosophical understanding of science.
The border area between philosophy and science is often neglected or worse still invaded by those whose agenda is suspect. As a result the public understanding of science is poorly served and reasoned debate is mired in rhetoric based on ignorance and even tyranny. A large part of the problem scientists have with the "Public Understanding of Science", is the "Scientist's Understanding of the Public". This covers not only communication with the media, government and other sections of the public, but also communication with other scientists.
The Pantaneto Forum appears quarterly. The Forum is multidisciplinary with submissions welcome from scientists as well as philosophers, political and social scientists, or anyone who feels they want to make a contribution. We welcome articles up to 3000 words and short discussion comments on articles which have appeared in The Forum.
Issue 1: January 2001
Issue 2: April
2001
Issue 3: July 2001
Issue 4: October
2001
Issue 5: January
2002
Issue 6: April
2002
Issue 7: July 2002
Issue 8: October
2002
Please post or send any articles to me at nigel at pantaneto.co.uk. All submissions will be refereed.
We are also seeking to publish books in the area of science
and philosophy. If you have a book
proposal, please send in sample chapters and a précis.
Dr Nigel Sanitt
Editor, The Pantaneto Forum
1st Floor,
ISSN 1741-1572