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World-Wide Day in Science

World-Wide Day in Science Will Rifkin, PhD, Director, Science Communication Program Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AUSTRALIA. What would happen if scientists & science-based professionals all over the world. On a single day recorded what they were doing

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World-Wide Day in Science

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  1. World-Wide Day in Science Will Rifkin, PhD, Director, Science Communication ProgramFaculty of Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

  2. What would happen if scientists & science-based professionals all over the world . . .

  3. On a single day recordedwhat they were doing or were shadowed by student “reporters”???

  4. World

  5. Wide

  6. Day

  7. in

  8. Science!

  9. The following images were captured by . . .

  10. Students and scientists participating in . . .

  11. The World-Wide Day in Science 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

  12. 8:47am Wednesday 18 April 2007

  13. Sydney

  14. “I have always been interested in science.”

  15. 9:32 am Wednesday 18 April 2007

  16. Barcelona

  17. “Today, I require an extra caffeine injection to counteract lingering jetlag from a conference in Colorado.”

  18. 10:15 am Wednesday 18 April 2007

  19. Beijing

  20. “I need to reword some paragraphs … • 10:10am • Eight lines removed -- very good • Twelve lines added -- very bad.”

  21. 11:53 am Wednesday 18 April 2007

  22. Fermilab

  23. “Sweet temptations from the bakery have nothing to do with my enthusiasm for lab meetings …”

  24. 12.06 pm Wednesday 18 April 2007

  25. Montevideo

  26. “Getting in contact with your field of interest helps to broaden your mind; see the real stuff, not just imagine it.”

  27. 2.27 pm Wednesday 18 April 2007

  28. Pacific Ocean

  29. “Read Terry Pratchett’s Science of Discworld. Great book. My sort of writing.”

  30. 3.01 pm Wednesday 18 April 2007

  31. Melbourne

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