"I mean literally literate".
To the delight of his fans -- scientists and scientifically literate readers -- 102 of Daedalus's columns have been anthologized by Oxford University Press as "The Further Inventions of Daedalus".
Today, I'm a social scientist studying how science-related leisure activities, such as playing outdoors and keeping aquariums, can mold people into ichthyologists, natural scientists, and scientifically literate citizens.
Being scientifically literate, he also worked for the New Scientist; being a member of the Labour party (he resigned long before Blair came to power) he also drew for Labour Weekly.
With the advent of data being integrated into scientific research, all scientists have to be at least literate in the language of maths, even in the biological sciences.
To garner respect among scientists, Fajgengaum would have to become literate in the disease—"a peer," Sommer told him.
Understanding the advantages and limitations of continually evolving transformative technologies like NextGen sequencing is essential preparation for future life scientists, medical professionals, and, indeed, a scientifically literate citizenry, as the age of personalized medicine moves toward becoming reality.
[Abstract available: www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/329/5996/1151] This essay, cited in the feature "From the National Science Foundation" in this issue of CBE Life Sciences Education, highlights the important role that community colleges play in the education of scientists and engineers and of a scientifically literate public.
As we talked about NCSE's vision for the future, I mentioned that we had found that high school teachers often feel isolated from the rest of the scientific community, and yet they play such crucial roles: inspiring the next generation of scientists, and ensuring that all students become scientifically literate.
Perhaps more importantly, they also consider it their responsibility to play a role in guiding the next generation of environmental health scientists and ensuring that students evolve into scientifically literate citizens.
