光鲜杂志上的科普天文学和其他科学文章--向那些不愿意接触的人进行宣传

Valentin D. Ivanov
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科学外联工作的目标受众通常仅限于社会中一小部分重视科学并积极求知的热心人。然而,绝大多数人通常对科学漠不关心,在某些情况下甚至反对科学。要让这些人支持科学,我们必须加倍努力。我描述了自己的亲身经历,即如何通过在词汇杂志上发表通俗文章来接触他们--至少在保加利亚,这并不是最常见的宣传途径。四年的写作经验告诉我,成功的关键在于将科学知识转化为引人入胜的人文故事,让读者保持好奇心,直到最后一段的谜底揭晓。接下来是精彩的视觉效果--对于被互联网和好莱坞的眼球糖果宠坏了的现代读者来说,视觉效果几乎与文字同等重要。最后一个要求是通俗易懂--一篇文章只需解释清楚两三个概念即可;我并不是在要求文章简单,而是在要求信息内容的量度和结构--最好是给读者两篇通俗易懂的文章,让他们乐在其中,而不是一篇艰涩难懂的文章,让他们永远远离科普。
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Popular astronomy and other science articles in glossy magazines -- outreaching to those who do not care to be reached
The target auditory of scientific outreach efforts is often limited to the small enthusiastic subset of the society that value science and actively seeks knowledge. However, the vast majority is usually indifferent or in some cases may even be opposed to sciences. To bring these people around to support sciences, we have to double and triple our efforts. I describe my personal experience how I reach out to them by means of popular articles in glossy magazines - not the most common outreach venue, at least in Bulgaria. Four years of writing have though me that the key for success is to turn the science into and engaging human story that will keep the readers curious until the revelation of the riddle at the end of the last paragraph. Next, come the spectacular visuals - for the modern reader, spoiled by eye candies of Internet and Hollywood they are almost as important as the written words. The final requirement is accessibility - an article should explain well only two or three concepts; I am not calling for simplicity but for measuring and structuring of the information content - it is better to give the readers two understandable pieces that they would enjoy instead one impenetrable article that would turn them away from popular science for good.
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