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Scientific literacy, pleasure and aesthetics: the collaborative virtual worlds that Galileo could not foresee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2010

Daiana R. Bortoletto
Affiliation:
Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia/Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica, R. Estados Unidos, 154, Itajubá, MG, CEP: 37504-364, Brazil e-mail: dbortoletto@lna.br, mabans@lna.br, pguida@lna.br, ifernandes@lna.br
Mariângela de Oliveira-Abans
Affiliation:
Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia/Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica, R. Estados Unidos, 154, Itajubá, MG, CEP: 37504-364, Brazil e-mail: dbortoletto@lna.br, mabans@lna.br, pguida@lna.br, ifernandes@lna.br
Propércio G. Guida Júnior
Affiliation:
Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia/Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica, R. Estados Unidos, 154, Itajubá, MG, CEP: 37504-364, Brazil e-mail: dbortoletto@lna.br, mabans@lna.br, pguida@lna.br, ifernandes@lna.br
Iranderly F. de Fernandes
Affiliation:
Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia/Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica, R. Estados Unidos, 154, Itajubá, MG, CEP: 37504-364, Brazil e-mail: dbortoletto@lna.br, mabans@lna.br, pguida@lna.br, ifernandes@lna.br Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana/Departamento de Física, Av. Transnordestina, S/N, Novo Horizonte, CEP: 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil e-mail: ifernandes@lna.br
Rafael Santos
Affiliation:
Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia/Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Av. dos Astronautas, 1.758, Jd. Granja, CEP: 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil e-mail: rafael.santos@lac.inpe.br
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Abstract

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We present the various activities and infrastructure dedicated to educational scientific and technological outreach of the MCT/Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica, Brazil and how useful they are in diminishing the scientific illiteracy of the layman, the young, the senior citizens and the handicapped. We also explore the future endeavors and commitments that scientists and educators are to face in order to bring enlightenment.

Type
Poster Papers
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