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Description
This seminar presents the ASIMOV Prize for scientific publishing, born in Italy in 2016.
The Prize aims to bring the young generations closer to scientific culture, through the critical reading of popular science books. The books are selected by a committee that includes scientists, professors, Ph.D. and Ph.D. students, writers, journalists and friends of culture, and most importantly, over 800 school teachers. Students are actively involved in the Prize, according to the best practices of public engagement: they read, review the books and vote for them, choosing the winner. The experience is quite successful: 14,000 students from 270 schools all over Italy participated in the last edition.
In this seminar, some crucial issues concerning the ASIMOV Prize are examined: the theme of "Two Cultures", STEM subjects, the so-called gender gap. The possibility of replicating this experience in other countries, as has been done in Brazil - with more than encouraging results - is discussed.
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