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The human stories behind the science: Dava Sobel receives the Cosmos Award

2025/6/18
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Sarah Al-Ahmad: 科学不仅仅是数据，更是人类的冒险和探索。故事讲述是赋予科学意义和奇迹的关键。行星协会设立宇宙奖是为了表彰那些能够像卡尔·萨根一样，以准确、富有想象力和引人入胜的方式讲述科学故事的人。戴娃·索贝尔的作品正是揭示了科学突破背后常常被忽视的人文故事。 Matt Kaplan: 祝贺戴娃·索贝尔获得宇宙奖，我认为你当之无愧。你对科学写作的杰出贡献启迪和激励了全世界数百万人，我作为你的粉丝感到无比自豪。你将确定海上东西位置这一看似枯燥的技术挑战转化为引人入胜的人类戏剧，让人们更容易参与到这些发现的个人故事中。你理解科学突破不是来自冷酷的机械头脑，而是来自真实的人在真实约束下航行的梦想、抱负和好奇心。 Dava Sobel: 我非常感谢能获得宇宙奖，这对我来说意义非凡，因为我真的认识卡尔·萨根。我曾经作为资助者ARCO的代表参加了《宇宙》的拍摄。我一直认为科学家应该将至少10%的时间用于向公众解释科学，而我也可以通过讲述这些故事来帮助公众理解科学。我希望我的故事能够帮助人们体会到当你发现某件事时的感受。 Bill Nye: 行星协会成立的目的是在公众对太空探索的兴趣非常高，但政府对太空探索的支持却不高的时候，推进太空科学的发展。宇宙奖的获得者是那些热爱科学的人，太空探索尤其能激发我们最好的一面。我们希望国会知道，太空探索确保了我国在劳动力技术、国际关系和空间科学方面的目标。 Jack Corelli: 为了回应大幅削减NASA科学预算的提案，我们发起了国际请愿活动，收到了来自109个国家的近21,000个签名。这表明国际公众对NASA科学的支持是巨大的。我们现在已经将请愿书提交给了拨款委员会，并提供了所有参与者的评论，以表达NASA科学对他们的意义。 Bruce Betts: 我认为我们沟通这些太空任务的方式真的会改变它们被支持的方式，有时甚至会改变它们的设计方式。无论是任务、相关实体，还是像行星协会这样的人，对于传播信息来说都非常非常重要。以一种有趣的方式传播信息，使其易于理解和鼓舞人心。

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This chapter introduces Dava Sobel and her award, highlighting her impactful storytelling in science and the significance of the Cosmos Award. It also provides a glimpse into the episode's structure.
  • Dava Sobel receives the Planetary Society's Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science
  • Sobel's best-selling books include Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, and The Glass Universe
  • The Cosmos Award recognizes individuals who bring science and scientists to life for the public

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Few writers have captured the wonder of science through storytelling as powerfully as Dava Sobel. In this episode, we celebrate her remarkable career and her recent honor as the recipient of The Planetary Society’s 2025 Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science. Mat Kaplan, senior communications advisor at The Planetary Society, sits down with Sobel for a conversation about the human lives behind great scientific discoveries, from Galileo and Copernicus to the women of the Harvard Observatory and Marie Curie’s lab. 

Later in the show, Jack Kiraly, our director of government relations, joins us with an encouraging update on our public advocacy campaign to save NASA science. And don’t miss What’s Up with Bruce Betts, where we reflect on the role of science communicators and share a fresh Random Space Fact.

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