Open Science: Sharing Knowledge in the Global Century

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Open Science is about science communication. It is also about how we address the profound challenges which now confront humanity climate, the food crisis, environmental degradation, resource scarcity and disease. All of these necessitate the sharing of scientific knowledge among seven soon to be nine billion humans, on a scale never before attempted. Based on many years of experience in media and science communication, it describes lowcost, effective means to transfer knowledge to target audiences in industry, government, the community and to the public at large.

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Julian Cribb has worked as a newspaper editor, science editor for The Australian and head of public affairs for CSIRO. He is Adjunct Professor in Science Communication at the University of Technology Sydney Sari Hartomo is a senior officer of the Indonesian science agency LIPI