All the 4SCWC conferences and plenary sessions were broadcasted live on the web by Canal Saúde. All these video material are now available on Friday (April 15th) for download. To watch them go to www.museudavida.fiocruz.br/4scwc/videos/.
Did you get your IV SCWC News? Check what happened during the congress, read about the people, facts, reflexions and parties that made this event so remarkable in the field of museums and science centres.
Based on their contribution to the state-of-the-art of the science centre field, we invited some researchers with renowned expertise to prepare provocative papers which served as a basis for the 4SCWC debates. Click here to read the complete papers.
The role of scientific temper and rational thinking and the urgent need to surpass the common sense in developing countries. Science popularization and social inclusion. These issues were brought up by the 4th Science Centre World Congress' conferencist, Professor Jayant Narlikar.
The astrophysicist and cosmologist Jayant Narlikar was one of the 4th Science Centre World Congress' conferecist. Well known for his engagement in science popularization actions, the Indian is the director of the respectful institution Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, responsable for the continuing growth of astronomy and astrophysics nucleus at universities in India.
The executive director of Red-POP, Julia Tagüeña, talks about the challenges faced by Latin America in disseminating science and the important role science centres can play towards that action.