Maximizing your message: how scientists should talk to politicians
Science policy is vital in today’s world, which depends hugely on scientific research. In our cover feature, Len Fisher and John Tesh offer 12 practical tips for scientists who want their ideas incorporated into science policy. Elsewhere in the issue, Tushna Commissariat interviews the French physicist Hélène Langevin-Joliot – the granddaughter of Marie Curie. Langevin-Joliot explains what’s known as the “Curie complex” and gives her own tips for scientific success. Langevin-Joliot didn’t suffer from the complex herself, but she acknowledges that it is a big problem for others and, these days, spends her time actively promoting careers for women in science.
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