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popular science
Sign in to saveAlso known as pop-science, popularisation of science, popularisation, popularization of science, science popularization, science popularisation, pop-sci, popsci
interpretation of science intended for a general audience
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- Instance of
- genre
- Subclass of
- service
- Image
- Color of Science April 2nd, 2016 (78).jpg
- Said to be same as
- science outreach
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- Commons category
- Popular science
- topic's main category
- Category:Popular science
- practiced by
- science communicator
- Stack Exchange tag
- physics.stackexchange.com/tags/popular-science
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Encyclopedic overview
Title page of Mary Somerville's On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1834), an early popular-science book
Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience. It is presented in many forms, including books, film and television documentaries, magazine articles, and web pages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “popular science” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.