西蒙尼公众理解科学教授
西蒙尼公众理解科学教授(英語:Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science)是牛津大学的一个教授讲席,由资助人查尔斯·西蒙尼在1995年为动物行为学家理查德·道金斯设立[1],以促进“向公众传播科学,同时又不会失去真正的科学本质”[2]。
名单
西蒙尼科学讲座
公众理解科学教授还需负责主持在牛津大学进行西蒙尼科学讲座("Charles Simonyi Lecture" ),每年一度的演讲者为[3][4]:
理查德·道金斯主持时期:
- 丹尼爾·丹尼特(1999) "The evolution of culture "
- 理查德·L·格里高利(2000) "Shaking hands with the universe"
- 賈德·戴蒙(2001) "Why did human history unfold differently on different continents?"
- 斯蒂芬·平克(2002) "The blank slate "
- 马丁·里斯(2003) "The mystery of our complex cosmos"
- 理查德·李奇(2004) "Why our origins matter"
- 卡罗琳·C·波尔科(2005) "In orbit! Cassini explores the Saturn system "
- 哈罗德·克罗托(2006) "Can the internet save the Enlightenment?"
- 保罗·纳斯(2007) "The great ideas of biology "
- 理查德·道金斯(2008) "The purpose of purpose"
- 蒂莫西·高爾斯(2009) "Open-source mathematics "
- 克里斯托夫·科赫(2010) "Consciousness: confessions of romantic reductionist"
- 戴维·斯皮格霍尔特(2011) "Working out the odds"
- 吕克·思蒂尔斯(2012) "Can machines be creative?"
- W·伊恩·利普金(2013) "Of microbes and men: tales of the small game hunter"
- 埃瑞克·韦恩斯坦(2013特别讲座) "Geometric unity"
- 戴维·J·C·麦凯(2014) "Why climate change action is difficult, and how we can make a difference"
- 梅丽莎·富兰克林(2015) "Putting the Higgs boson in its place"
参考文献
- ^ Charles Simonyi's manifesto 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期5 February 2016., University of Oxford (page visited on 6 December 2015).
- ^ Simonyi, Charles. Manifesto for the Simonyi Professorship. The University of Oxford. 15 May 1995 [13 March 2008]. (原始内容存档于23 April 2008).
- ^ Richard Dawkins, Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science, Bantam Press, 2015, page 282 (ISBN 978-0-59307-256-1).
- ^ 4.0 4.1 The Simonyi Lectures (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), University of Oxford (page visited on 6 December 2015).