期刊名称：Hyle : International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
印刷版ISSN：1433-5158
出版年度：2006
卷号：12
期号：2
页码：161-162
出版社：HYLE Publications, Karlsruhe and University of Karlsruhe
摘要：Since public images of science emerge at the interface between various pub-lics and scientists, it is important to understand the role of the scientific community in shaping their own public image. What kind of self-image do they promote. To which kind of publics do they reach out. How do they in-teract with these publics. Therefore, the second part of our special issue on the Public Image of Chemistry has a specific focus on how the image has been shaped by chemists from the early 19thcentury to the present. For chemists interested in improving their public image it might be sur-prising to learn that such efforts have been undertaken for more than two centuries. However, neither the issues that chemists are concerned with nor the approaches to popularize chemistry are new. The lack of success of these strategies suggests that, rather than repeating the same old mistakes again and again, it would be wiser to pause for a moment and take lessons from history. The present issue of HYLE provides an excellent opportunity in that regard. The three articles, although each focusing on a specific episode and as-pect, span the entire history of the popularization efforts of chemistry
