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Perhaps science is one of those branches of knowledge that plays on both sides. On one hand, it is essential to understand the world, facilitate the lives of the people who inhabit the planet and educate to create critical and educated consciences. On the other, it continues to be a far area for many people, with difficult, dense, overwhelming and even boring knowledge. In order to fight against this double facet and make science more accessible and entertaining for different types of audiences, science outreach and communication groups were created, as is the case of Big Van Science.
Since 2013, this group of scientists and experts in transmitting information in an easy and unique way, work to make science more affordable, putting into practice endless resources and disciplines: getting on stage, speaking on the radio, collaborating on television programs, writing books, offering training workshops… And both in Spain and in the rest of Europe and Latin America!
With the firm belief that science, built from cooperation and equality, should be the main tool for the progress of mankind, firmly defend the principles of responsible research and innovation. In his own words: “no one should be left out of the benefits offered by new scientific advances”
demystifying science
His outreach group is not exactly small: even 29 scientists Coming from various areas of science come together in Big Van Ciencia for the love of dissemination and the transmission of rigorous information in an entertaining and accessible way. And although it may seem difficult to manage and organize such a large group, this is not the case for them. Examples of this are the multiple appearances at science fairs, at the European Night of Researchers, at the European Night of Museums or at Science Week.
His latest project is nothing more and nothing less than the publication of a popularization book, now available in bookstores. Is about Myths of science: truths and lies of scientific knowledgea project in which they seek to solve and clarify all those myths that surround science, such as, for example, if it is true that the fastest sperm is the one that fertilizes the ovum, if the law that if you pick something up from the ground before five seconds does not have bacteria is true, or if the Great Wall of China is really the only construction that can be seen from space, among many others.
In this informative product, written in an everyday, close and entertaining tone, six members of Big Van Ciencia they transport you through the truths and lies that are hidden behind some of the most famous myths in various branches, such as biology, technology, zoology, physics, or chemistry.
Together, the electronic engineer Miguel Abril, the physicist Manuel González, the doctor in biomedicine Helena González-Burón, the professor of marine biology Juan Junoy, the chemist Oriol Marimon and the aerospace engineer Jorge Nicolás-Álvarez, offer you a journey through scientific culture which, for sure, will make you see science with completely different eyes. What are you waiting for to discover it?
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