| 词条 | Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science |
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The Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science is a chair at the University of Oxford. The chair was established in 1995 for the ethologist Richard Dawkins by an endowment from Charles Simonyi.[1][2] The aim of the Professorship is 'to communicate science to the public without, in doing so, losing those elements of scholarship which constitute the essence of true understanding'. It is a position that had been endowed by Charles Simonyi with the express intention that the holder "be expected to make important contributions to the public understanding of some scientific field",[2] and that its first holder should be Richard Dawkins.[3] History{{Reduced pull quote|1=right|2=[...] if I am asked for a single phrase to characterize my role as Professor of the Public Understanding of Science, I think I would claim Advocate for Disinterested Truth. |3=Richard Dawkins|4=A Devil's Chaplain[4] }} Richard Dawkins explained the history of the creation of the chair in a chapter of his memoirs, My Life in Science.[5] In 2008, Dawkins retired and the Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy was elected to the chair.[6][7] List of Simonyi Professors
List of Simonyi LecturesRichard Dawkins established an annual "Charles Simonyi Lecture" at the University of Oxford. He invited the following speakers:[8][9]{{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|
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}} Notes and references1. ^Charles Simonyi's manifesto {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205051240/http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/aims/charles-simonyis-manifesto.html |date=5 February 2016 }}, University of Oxford (page visited on 6 December 2015). 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/aims/manifesto.shtml |title=Manifesto for the Simonyi Professorship |accessdate=13 March 2008 |author=Simonyi, Charles |authorlink=Charles Simonyi |date=15 May 1995 |publisher=The University of Oxford|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080423211123/http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/aims/manifesto.shtml |archivedate =23 April 2008|deadurl=yes}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/aims/index.shtml |title=Aims of the Simonyi Professorship |date=23 April 2008 |accessdate=28 June 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423211118/http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/aims/index.shtml |archivedate=23 April 2008 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy-all }} 4. ^Richard Dawkins, "Science, Genetics and Ethics: Memo for Tony Blair", A Devil's Chaplain, Phoenix, 2003, page 43 ({{ISBN|978-0-7538-1750-6}}). 5. ^1 Richard Dawkins, My Life in Science, Bantam Press, 2015 ({{ISBN|978-0-59307-256-1}}). Chapter "Simonyi Professor", pages 271-307. 6. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/previous-holders-simonyi-professorship/professor-richard-dawkins |title = The Current Simonyi Professor: Richard Dawkins |accessdate = 2008-03-13 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100526165723/http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/previous-holders-simonyi-professorship/professor-richard-dawkins |archivedate = 26 May 2010 |publisher = The University of Oxford |deadurl = yes |df = dmy-all}} 7. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.richarddawkins.net/article,2246,Charles-Simonyi-Professorship-in-the-Public-Understanding-of-Science,Richard-Dawkins | title = Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science | accessdate = 2008-03-29 | author = Richard Dawkins | publisher = RichardDawkins.net}} 8. ^Richard Dawkins, My Life in Science, Bantam Press, 2015, page 282 ({{ISBN|978-0-59307-256-1}}). 9. ^1 The Simonyi Lectures, University of Oxford (page visited on 6 December 2015). Bibliography
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