Thread by @DrTomasS

For those @IGAC_ECS attending the @IGACProject #ECS short course, do make sure to give the #UpGoer5 challenge a 1st attempt or two in advance via @theosanderson's text editor (linked below). I've left one I wrote for my #PhD thesis there as an example: splasho.com/upgoer5/?i=GKx…

Essentially the challenge is to use the thousand (or “ten hundred”!) most commonly used words in the English language can you describe your #PhD thesis or area of science? (full list linked here: splasho.com/upgoer5/phpspe…)

This idea started from a comic strip by the engineer and illustrator Randall Munroe (xkcd.com/1133/). Here they tried to find a way to explain something very complicated (The NASA Apollo Space programmes’ Saturn V rocket) using just simple words.

This session will give be an exploration of how well we can communicate our science simply and understand other's science too.

You may be interested in the full book (“Thing Explainer”) that was written following on from this comic strip.

#SciComm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_Exp…

There are lots of #UpGeor5 examples on Twitter (linked below), some directly in our field (e.g. #AtmosChem/#AtmosSci/#EarthSci) and many more covering other areas.

twitter.com/search?f=live&…

There is even a nice little hall of fame of examples that @TheoSanderson has put together and hosted on his site linked below: splasho.com/upgoer5/hallof…

We are looking forward to the @IGAC_ECS sessions next week and hearing about everyone's science in simple words. Hope to see you there!

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