About the book: 2018 / "Science, despite its youth, has already changed our world: it has saved more billion people from hunger and deadly disease, liberated millions from the shackles of ignorance and prejudice, and promoted a democratic revolution that brought political freedom to a third of humanity. And this is just the beginning. The scientific approach to understanding nature and our place in it - this deceptively simple process of systematically testing our hypotheses through experiments - has opened up endless horizons for us to explore. There is no limit to the knowledge and power that we, fortunately or unfortunately, can achieve. Yet few people understand science, and many are afraid of its incredible power. To non-specialists, the claims of scientists can sound as vague as the magic spells of wizards. The French say that the law is like a machine that, once moving, will definitely run over someone - the same can be said about the internal mechanisms of science. Technophobes warn that science must be stopped before it goes “too far.” Religious fundamentalists instruct the righteous to study only one (sacred) book and to consult what Galileo called the book of nature only if it confirms their faith. Fashionable professors teach that science is just a collection of accepted social opinions that change as often as high fashion. Pop culture is so suspicious of science that, according to one study, scientists are killed more often in American movies than any other profession, including Western gunslingers and mafia hitmen. The cure for fear and hatred of science is not propaganda or persuasion. , but knowledge that is conveyed in stories that capture and reward the public's attention. The science journalists and writers who create such stories are few, not widely known, and often underappreciated: like sports and business journalists, they are too often seen as mere translators rather than “real” writers, as if accurate and a figurative paragraph about biochemistry or quantum physics is less of an achievement than the same paragraph about a lotus blossom or a love affair. But we who write about science also have some advantages. As the examples collected in this book will show, in many ways, we own the best stories - those that are of the greatest, epoch-making significance and at the same time strikingly original. Moreover, scientific authors tend to be generous in spirit. The subtext of this rich and enjoyable book is: Are you interested in science journalism? Come and try us!“ Follow the advice, accept this invitation, do everything you can, and I bet you won’t be able to tear yourself away from her…»