With the increasing dependence of the civilised world on science, the need is not so much for ‘popularisation’ as for understanding and critical appreciation of scientific advances if alienation from science is to be avoided.
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Goldsmith, M. ‘Popularisation’ of science. Nature 250, 752–754 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250752a0
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