Popular Science Books Research Articles

Diversity of Asteroidea on Gili Ketapang Beach Probolinggo Regency and Its Use as Popular Scientific Book

Popular scientific books are books that adhere to scientific standards and are displayed in common language and attractive layouts so that the public is more interested in reading them Starfish (Asteroidea) is an animal that plays an important role in the coastal environment, namely as the bioindicator of the water's contamination. One of the pristine waters of the beach and has a high enough biological richness is Gili Ketapang, Probolinggo beach. This research aims to determine the level of diversity of Asteroidea in Gili Ketapang beach, Probolinggo. This research is a type of quantitative descriptive research with the method of Transect plotting. The results of this study found 2 types of Asteroidea with a total of 100 individuals. Asteroidea is found in 1 family, 1 genus and 2 types of Asteroideans. The type of Asteroidea is a family of Archasteridae, a genus of Archaster and the type of Archaster typicus and Archaster angulatus. The value of the diversity index of Asteroidea in Gili Beach Ketapang Regency of Probolinggo is 1.323

The Presentation of Science Practice in Twenty Historical Cases

The term “science practice” has drawn increasing attention in the current science education literature. In this study, the methodology of content analysis was adopted to examine the presentation of science practice in 20 historical cases compiled in a popular science book. Three aspects and eight categories of science practice constitute the analytical framework. As a result of the qualitative analysis, 17 meanings (sub-categories) under the eight science practices were found in the book. In the quantitative analysis, it was found that “investigating practices” was more commonly presented than “sense-making practices” and “critiquing practices” and that the most frequent are traditional practices of “planning and carrying out investigations,” “analyzing and interpreting data,” and “asking questions.” The findings are significant in providing implications for understanding the notion of science practice and for the design of educational teaching materials in promoting science practice in schools.

Визначний дослідник іхтіофауни України Анатолій Щербуха (1935–2020)

A brief overview of the biography and scientific achievements of Anatoliy Shcherbukha — a prominent Ukrainian zoologist, museologist, collector, fish expert, developer of the Ukrainian fish nomenclature, and promoter of science. Biographical information reconstructed from a personal file found in the archives of the National Museum of Natural History NAS of Ukraine (NMNH), as well as some scientific works of the researcher are presented. An overview of his works, both articles and monographs, including reference books, scientific monographs, popular science publications, catalogues, textbooks, and identification keys is given. The entire creative path of the researcher was connected with the academic Zoological Museum, which was alternately part of the Institute of Zoology and the Central Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine. The researcher went from a scientist who studied the fish fauna of a small river Psel to a prominent expert of the fish fauna of all types of water bodies of Ukraine, both natural and artificial, fresh and marine waters, aboriginal and alien components of fauna, rare and industrial fish species. The researcher's achievements in the development and approval of the Ukrainian nomenclature of fishes are also significant, including the definition of the central role of genus names, from which the names of both species and families and other taxa are formed. The zoological collection of the NMNH contains more than 2,000 fish specimens of 59 species collected by A. Shcherbukha. The researcher paid much attention to the promotion of scientific knowledge and authored two popular publications on fishes, each of which was republished. The five most cited works of the researcher are the monograph "Percomorpha" in the series "Fauna of Ukraine" (1982), the catalogue of NMNH collections "Lampreys and Fishes" (2003), the popular science book "Fishes of Our Waters" (1987), the scientific article “Fish fauna of Ukraine in retrospective and modern problems of its diversity conservation” (2004), and the reference book “The Ukrainian Nomenclature of Fishes of Ukraine” (2003). The last work of the researcher was "Key to Fishes of Continental Waters and Streams of Ukraine" written in collaboration with colleagues from other institutions (2020).

Popüler Bilim Kitapları Etkili Bir Öğretim Aracı Olarak Kullanılabilir Mi?

The purpose of this research is to investigate the four popular science books (Billions and Billions, Remarkable Discoveries!, The Two Cultures, and The Chase of the Golden Meteor) pressed by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) in terms of the determined nature of science (NOS) aspects (Experimental nature of the scientific knowledge, Cultural and social embeddedness in scientific knowledge, The tentativeness of scientific knowledge, and Creativity in scientific knowledge). At the end of the investigation, it was assessed whether these books can be used as an effective teaching tool in terms of the NOS or not. Qualitative paradigm dominated this research and document analysis was used as a method. In this context, researchers made a content analysis of these four books involved in this research according to determined four NOS aspects (tentativeness of scientific knowledge, empirical nature of scientific knowledge, the social and cultural embeddedness of scientific knowledge, and the creativity in scientific knowledge). The researchers analyzed independently the book Billions and Billions for interrater reliability, calculated Kappa scores, and consensus settled. After that one researcher continued the content analysis process for other books. According to research results, the books named Billions and Billions and especially Remarkable Discoveries presents a richer content for the determined NOS aspects than, Two Cultures and The Chase of the Golden Meteor. The topics covered by popular science resources and the place and importance of this content in education, its availability, its writing style and usability were discussed.

Examining the differences of readability leveling of chinese popular science books by experts and by crie system for elementary school children

Popular scientific reading books, as the bridge between scientific academic research and general public’s knowledge capital, could raise scientific literacy and facilitate comprehension for general public. Popular scientific reading books could attract children to read because of vivid exhibition of text and illustrating graphs. However, some scientific reading books are still too difficult for children to read since they are not designed for children particularly in Taiwan and reading capacity among children are heterogeneous. One promising education strategy is to recommend more scientific reading books corresponding to textbook lessons, which could raise children’s interest in exploring science and further reading. In US, Lexile framework for reading has been developed and applied for English books to assist in more efficient and objective text leveling. For recent years, Chinese Readability Index Explorer (CRIE) has been developed for Chinese text. The main research question here is, for Chinese scientific reading books, whether there are differences in text leveling between system’s (CRIE) and experts’ identification. In our research, we invite teacher librarians to recommend popular scientific reading books, identify the grade levels, and assign these books to corresponding textbook lessons. We not only discuss the principles and criteria of experts’ leveling, compare the different results between CRIE and experts’ opinions, but also investigate the reasons behind these differences.Keywords: Popular Scientific Reading Books; Readability; Text Leveling; Mathematical and Science Fields in Elementary Schools 【摘要】科普作品主要做為科學論文與大眾文化間的橋樑，用淺白的言辭闡述科學立論，令大眾容易領會。科普書圖文並茂，然而並非全為兒童出版，即使以兒童為對象，因為學童之閱讀能力與科學知識差異大，無法閱讀相同程度的書籍。教師若能配合學習單元，推薦適當的科普延伸讀物，相信更能引起學童探索科學的好奇心。國外為兒童出版的英文書籍，常可在圖書封底看到分級標示，供讀者選書參考。近來我國發展之文本可讀性指標自動化分析系統（CRIE），亦可為中文圖書分級。本研究探討配合國小課程單元，由教師分級推薦之科普書，與CRIE系統的讀本可讀性分析是否有差異，及其產生差異的原因為何。關鍵字：科普書、可讀性、適讀性、國小數學與自然領域

Science meets politics A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane Samanth Subramanian Norton, 2020. 400 pp.

A passion for promoting the public good guided geneticist J. B. S. Haldane's scholarship

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The Scientific Temper

The Scientific Temper is non-fiction, popular science book. It delivers an interesting account of the crucial issues confronting the currentscientific scenario in India. The author V. Rajagopal is a research scientist of international repute with over four decades of experience as an agricultural scientist and is the visionary behind the social movement ‘Hunger Elimination and You’ (HEY).

Top­-4 secrets for science literacy promotion

This article informs about new segment of scientific activity, which is developing rapidly through the entire world, namely: science literacy. The results of two international conferences on the subject (Beijing, 2018 and 2019) were presented. Discussions on these conferences gives enough confirmations that science literacy has its own niche (target group, methodology, etc.), which is differ from well-known STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). The main objective of STEM is the selection of talented individuals. The same time certain amount of scientific information is required not only for the mentioned individuals but also for the rest people of our planet. It is impossible to identify correctly what is the percentage of population has interest in specific scientific information. But there are no doubts that all inhabitants of the Earth should have fair information of how science, technology and engineering would change their personal life in the nearest and far future. Climate change is the most evident example. But one also can add artificial intelligence as well as irradiation influence from cell phones on the brain, or shortage of pure water and etc. To cover above demands the specific area of scientific activity should be distinguished. The natural name of this area is science literacy. As the first step of science literacy identification the author gives its own definition of new area of scientific activity. The specific promotion tools for this new area of scientific activity already exist worldwide. They are: popular science books, technical museums and etc. Author analyzed these tools and made the conclusion that for efficient science literacy promotion they should be: a) inexpensive; b) reproducible; c) interesting; d) using modern technologies. The examples, which confirm this conclusion, were listed. The action plan was proposed for more efficient international promotion of science literacy.

Edward Kajdański (1921–2020)

EDWARD KAJDAŃSKI (1925–2020) In this article, the Authors present the life and achievements of Edward Kajdański as a diplomat, journalist, writer, and painter. Edward Kajdański was born in Harbin, in north Manchuria (China), at November 26, 1925. Place of birth determined his later life, designated spheres of interests, gave a solid education and brought a very rich experience. His father Edward Kajdański was an engineer, and mother Helena was half Italian, half Russian. Edward Kajdański received thorough education in the Henryk Sienkiewicz Polish Gymnasium in Harbin, and after graduation began his studies at the Faculty of Electromechanics at North Manchurian University, which in August 1945, after the entry of the Red Army, changed the name into University of Harbin. Edward Kajdański also studied at the Faculty of Architecture. In 1950 he graduated from the University of Harbin and because of the outbreak of the Korean War left Harbin. In 1951, he arrived in Gdynia and started working in Gdańsk. His extensive knowledge, knowledge of Chinese, English and Russian caused that Mr. Kajdański never complained about the lack of employment. He worked in commercial enterprises, but very quickly he was noticed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who directed him to work in the Office of the Commercial Counsellor in Beijing (1963–1967, 1971–1975). In the years 1979–1982 he was the general consul and the head of the Consulate General in Guangzhou. He returned permanently to Poland in 1982, and settled down in Gdańsk. In addition to the professional activity Edward Kajdański also worked as a scientist, disseminating knowledge about China in Poland, which resulted in hundreds of articles, as well as scientific and popular science books on China. The most attention he devoted to the achievements of Polish Jesuit missionary Michael Boym. In the work of Edward Kajdański, as important as the writing, is painting, which is multi-dimensional and thematically diversified. Among his works there are both reconstructions of Michael Boym’s maps and herbs, the works dating back to the old Chinese painting, reconstructions of frescoes and copies of paintings on silk, as well as illustrations he created for his books. His extremely rich national activities has been valued on many national and international exhibitions. He left hundreds of books, articles and paintings – it is his legacy. For his merits for the Polish-Chinese relations, especially in the field of mutual knowledge of cultures and historical research contacts, Mr. Kajdański was awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland with the honor distinction ‘Bene Merito’. Edward Kajdański died in Gdańsk, September 10, 2020.

幻想文学と科学入門書の狭間 ―ハンス・ハインツ・エーヴェルス『蟻』における擬蟻法

幻想文学と科学入門書の狭間 ―ハンス・ハインツ・エーヴェルス『蟻』における擬蟻法

The Colors of the Sunrise: A Self-help book and Scientific study with the use of A.I Psychotherapy, Arts & Music Therapy, Sciences, and Philosophy

An amazing exploration of the mind is now possible for everyone. With the Colors of The Sunrise, the first volume of the series The Psychotherapy of Whole: Aesthetics, Philosophy, Humanism, and Cognitive Science the reader has the opportunity to engage with a book that utilizes the methods and structure of self-help, popular science, and expressive therapies books, to change all the sides of the human experience as it manifests in the social, psychological, bodily, and cognitive life. Science, psychotherapy, philosophy, music, art and digital reality for the first time come together in a book phenomenon and a series designed during 16 years to provide the first A.I Psychotherapy model internationally, focused on a profound study that has been evaluated by leading names from many of the areas analyzed around the world. The reader gradually introduced to a healing result as it is offered clinical treatment to the senses, the psychological reality, and the cognitive mind structures, activating inactive cerebrum areas and getting informed about the manner of changing their behavior and thought. The direct healing and the way to acquire therapeutic results in everyday life are supported by explanations that become easily understood by everyone. The book has been based on the background of advanced academic research, lending from the recent and updated investigations in an extraordinary number of areas. These include but are not limited to the disciplines of social sciences, psychiatry, philosophy, expressive art therapies, exact sciences, history, politics, artificial intelligence, and humanities that are presented from a global perspective. It is an exceptional interpretation of human cognitive structures that satisfy the curiosity and assist everyone in developing their intelligence, and investigate their self, acquiring a balanced theory of mind that can be applied removing the barriers of the daily dichotomy, which everyone encounters while conceptualizing reality. Linguistics, neuroscience, anthropology, robotics, physics, and mathematics reconsidered as positive parts of the universal structures. It is explained the manner of uniting the cognition staying in perfect harmony with the today’s knowledge acquired by cognitive science, and the knowledge that traditionally contributes to the flourishing of the human mind through the philosophical, and traditional approaches, as they have been described during the centuries globally. The book’s design supports sound during the reading and acquaintance with the scientific methodology providing the chance to the reader to benefit from the purpose of the book that is open to the dialogue and facilitates the critical thought. It is utilized the state of the art tool of artificial intelligence reaching to an interdisciplinary approach of logic and therapy of cognitive mind structures based on the reunion of knowledge and logic as it manifests in human mind universally. Through the familiarization with the approach, the reader experiences and learns a functional manner of relating to their body and environment, changing their dysfunctional behavior concerned with many split cognitive structures. This manner discovered through the cutting-edge clinical and scientific study of the author. As a Licensed Social Worker and Cognitive Scientist, Anthony N. Skarvelakis devoted many years of professional investigation to reach a cognitive metaprogram as a model that expands human thought, giving the solution searched for years regarding the design of the first complete model of A.I Psychotherapy globally. Τhis program applies successfully to human and artificial intelligence. It is a program, (using a term employed in academia with the same meaning in A.I, robotics, cognitive science, cognitive psychology, cognitive oriented psychotherapeutic approaches), of critical importance today that lays at the intersection of research in Artificial Intelligence and Psychotherapy.

ЮРІЙ ТИЩЕНКО ЯК ВИДАВЕЦЬ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ КНИГИ В ЕМІГРАЦІЇ

The publishing activity of Yurij Tyshchenko (Siryi) in Ukraine and emigration (1907–1953) as one of the brightest representatives of the process of Ukrainian revival of the first half of the XX century is traced. It is analysed the efforts of a prominent Ukrainian on business in the awakening of national consciousness, forming of identity, knowledge dissemination among the great masses of Ukrainians, distribution of Ukrainian books in Ukraine and in the world through organizing and operation of publishing houses "Dzvin", "UT Publishing House (Yurij Tyshchenko)", active public activity. It is updated the book products of the publishing houses, managed by Yu. Tyshchenko, from the fund of the Foreign Ukrainistics Department of the Bibliology Institute of Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. Special attention is paid to scientific, popular science, educational and children's book. There are given content and book characteristics and there are found out the ways of distribution of the Ukrainian book in emigration conditions. There are traced the relationship of the enterprises managed by Yu.Tyshchenko with Ukrainian establishments, organizations and public associations in emigration and in Ukraine. On the example of activity of Yu. Tyshchenko in emigration, it is shown the complexity of publishing process organization and the life and activities of Ukrainian political emigration abroad. Considerable attention is paid to the works of Yu. Tyshchenko himself, prepared, published and reprinted in Ukraine and the diaspora. The personal connections and cooperation of Yu. Tyshchenko with prominent Ukrainian scientific, political and public figures of the first half of the XX century are revealed. Attention is accented on the contribution of a prominent Ukrainian figure in the development of Ukrainian book publishing, book distribution, Ukrainian cultural and national revival. On the example of Yu. Tyshchenko's activity in emigration, the complexity of the organization of the publishing process and the life and activity of Ukrainian political emigration abroad is shown.

ИЛЛЮСТРАЦИИ К РУССКОМУ ПЕРЕВОДУ РОМАНА ЭРНЕСТА Д'ЭРВИЛЬИ «ПРИКЛЮЧЕНИЯ ДОИСТОРИЧЕСКОГО МАЛЬЧИКА» (1929) В КОНТЕКСТЕ ПРОИЗВЕДЕНИЙ О ЛЮДЯХ КАМЕННОГО ВЕКА ИЗ ФОНДОВ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО ДАРВИНОВСКОГО МУЗЕЯ

The article dwells on the study of the image of a prehistoric man portrayed in children books illustrations and museum exhibitions’ design (paintings, sculptures) in 1920-1930s using the example of works from the State Darwin Museum funds. During this period, famous artists of children's books Vasily Vatagin and Mikhail Ezuchevsky worked at the State Darwin Museum. They were also well versed in anthropology and ethnography. Their drawings were the first Soviet illustrations for the book by Ernest d'Hervilly “The Adventures of a little prehistoric boy”, which became a popular science book for children in the USSR about prehistoric people. V.A. Vatagin, M.D. Ezuchevsky and A.N. Komarov created a number of paintings and sculptures about the life of prehistoric people for the exposition of the State Darwin Museum in the first half of the XX century. Illustrations and artworks introduced the element of entertainment and emotional appeal to the museum’s exhibitions, which otherwise were purely informative and rather cold-eyed.

Book Graphics by M.M. Tsekhanovsky. To the 130th Birth Anniversary of the Artist

The purpose of the article is to consider the book design works of the famous graphic artist and animation movie director M.M. Tsekhanovsky (1889—1965), using the complex of bibliological, art historical and historiographic methods, to identify the most characteristic features of his creative method, to reconstruct the important stage of biography of the master, analysing previously unpublished archival materials. Already in the very first illustrative cycles, the artist finds his theme: he gives a clear preference to inanimate heroes, spectacularly and clearly depicts the attributes of modern life, symbols of technological progress. Further, making illustrations to the works of S.Y. Marshak, B.S. Zhitkov, M. Ilyin, he refines his artistry and takes the prominent place among the creators of children’s “manufacturing”, technical, popular science books. He manages to adapt the extremely complex topics to the perception of a child, to fill dry language schemes, drawings or geographical maps with lively, exciting content and vivid imagery. The visual series of such graphic works is not a banal pictorial parallel of the text, its explanation, but it leads an independent party, significantly complements and enriches the content of the book. People appear quite rarely in these graphic series; they are treated very schematically and mechanistically, sometimes they seem to be the creations of the world of things and machines, so close to the artist. However, in the best works of M.M. Tsekhanovsky, and above all, in the illustrations to the famous “Post” by S.Y. Marshak, human images are shown generically, and at the same time individualized, endowed with characteristic, memorable features, clearly inscribed in the plot and rhythmic outline of the dynamic narrative. In the heritage of the master, there are also completely different works, indicating that he could become a remarkable animalist, illustrator of fairy tales or “adult” historical and revolutionary works. However, these sides of his talent were not demanded by the technocratic era of the 1920s. Transition of the artist from book graphics to cartoon animation was in some sense predetermined by the very nature of his talent: M.M. Tsekhanovsky was always interested in the problem of plastic transfer of movement and unification of disparate episodes into a coherent story.

Natura Magistra Vitae: Natural Pedagogy in Élisée Reclus’s Histoire D’un Ruisseau

ABSTRACTThis article examines the role that anarchist geographer Élisée Reclus attributed to nature as a moral and political teacher capable of enhancing human wellbeing and community. After showing that Reclus’s programmatic essay ‘Du sentiment de la nature’ makes an urgent case for re-sensitizing modern people to nature, I examine how his popular science book Histoire d’un ruisseau seeks to implement this pedagogy. While arguing that nature’s integrity matters foremost for the sake of human material wellbeing, Reclus refused to exclude beauty from that category, arguing that receptivity to beauty reflected a society’s relationship to justice and the natural world.

Editorial Outreach, Impact, and Earthzine

Discusses the need for the OES to launch various outreach programs to promote the industry and encourage interest in the field of oceanic engineering. Outreach can be undertaken in many ways. Authors could offer public talks on thework done, conduct laboratory visits,write blog articles about interesting research findings, publish short videos illustrating key ideas, organize nonspecialist workshops and events, or even publish popular science magazine articles or books. Talks, workshops, and similar events are excellent for personal engagement, but the number of people that they reach is typically small. The impact created is limited. On the other hand, popular science magazine articles, books, blog articles, and online videos reach a much larger audience. One outreach avenue for authors to consider is Earthzine, a magazine of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society. Earthzine aims to provide up-to-date information on science and technology related to Earth observation, with the hope to educate and inspire. It accepts short-to-medium length articles for publishing, with a simple editorial process for quality control and improved readability.

Validity of the Gastropods Popular Scientific Book in the Pulau Sembilan Kotabaru Coastal Area for High School Students

The cognitive abilities of Indonesian students are still low based on The Learning Curve in 2013, so the quality of education should be improved. One of them with environmental-based learning. Most Indonesians live in coastal areas, and some use snails as alternative dishes. Therefore, snails in coastal areas can be used as a source of learning. Interest in reading Indonesian students is also low, so the need to develop an interesting book and easily understood so that students are interested to read it. So developed a Book of Popular Scientific-based Diversitas Gastropoda in Coastal Areas. This research is the early stage of development research, which is the validation of popular science books. The purpose of this research is to develop a valid popular science book. Validation is done with three experts by giving a validation sheet of popular science books. Validation data were analyzed descriptively categorization. Suggestions and comments from validators become the reference for product revisions. Validation complete when obtaining minimum category valid. The results showed coherence aspect; legibility; active and passive sentences; method; applications and implications; definitions and explanations; and other styles the device obtains very valid category. Aspects of vocabulary; avoid dubious words; and the format obtains a valid category. Based on the results of this study, the popular scientific books developed have met the rules of popular scientific writing that is interesting and easy to understand, so this popular scientific book can be used by the community and students.

Definitions of Scientific Terminology in Popular Science Books: An Examination of Definitional Chains

This article explores scientific terminology in popular science books. It goes beyond existing approaches to definitions in popularizations to suggest a dual, macro and micro, structure for the majority of definitions. This dual structure manifests as chains of definitions that include prototypical, procedural, and figurative definitions. Analyzing the structure and functions of the chains (macro structure) and their individual components (micro structure), this article does not confirm the phenomenon of substitution observed by Myers yet suggests that even without the replacement of terminology popular science maintains the focus on the specific rather than the general.

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