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Editorial
Nature 431, 883 (21 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/431883a; Published online 20 October 2004
Going public
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Abstract
Should scientists let the public help them decide how government research funds are spent? Yes they should, because the consequences are to be welcomed, not feared.
Science communication, circa 1600: discussions with the public, according to one prominent researcher, are little better than listening to the "maunderings of a babbling hag". So said William Gilbert, a pioneer of research into electricity and magnetism.
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