Word: mannerly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they may also recognize it to have been the time when public attitudes toward science began taking a turn for the worse. To combat the continuation of this latter trend, the institution of science must alter its practitioners spend some time sharing knowledge with the public in an understandable manner. In the event this not be done--in the event that scientists maintain their currently elite posture--then evolution will take its course. Whatever small efforts now exist to inform the public will continue to deteriorate. Understanding of science will diminish. And most unfortunately, appreciatior for science will terminate. Scientists...
...discussed what it was like to live through the controversial years of the 1930s; his feelings about proletarian literature; and his short-lived sympathies with the Communist Party. Sitting in his book-lined office, full of intellectual and literary titles, his face looked slightly faded as he talked. His manner was nervous, a bit defensive: even after all these years, it is not easy to reconstruct that period. Following are excerpts from that interview...