What is Popular science?
If a book or a TV show is about [[science]], and is made easy so everyone can understand, then it is '''popular science'''. It is ''popular'' because it is made for the whole ''[[population|'''popul'''ation]]'', not just for [[scientists]]. Nature [[documentaries]] are examples of popular science. Popular science is [[non-fiction]], so it is not the same as ''[[science fiction]]''. Popular science is also not the same as ''Science journalism''. Science journalism is what [[journalist]]s write to report the newest [[theories]] and discoveries made in science, but popular science is not always about what is newest. Some famous people who make popular science are [[David Attenborough]], [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Jacob Bronowski]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]], [[Martin Gardner]], [[J.B.S. Haldane]], [[Stephen Hawking]], [[Bill Nye]], and [[Carl Sagan]]. ==Popular science and scientific literature== When scientists write about their work, first they publish in scientific journals such as ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' and ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]''. Then they may write books. The purpose of popular science is to show scientific literature in a way that different types of scientists, and people who are not scientists, will easily understand. When people take an idea from scientific literature and change it into popular science, important things about that idea may be left out or added in. Popular science is a bridge between the literature written for scientists, and the realms of popular writing which ordinary people use. The goal of the [[genre]] is to capture the methods and accuracy of science, while making the language more accessible.<ref>Dawkins, Richard 2008. The ''Oxford book of modern science writing''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-921680-0.</ref> Popular science has its problems. Some popular science is made by people who do not understand the subject well. Some is made by people who have a strong [[bias]]. Some is part science and part [[pseudoscience]]. It can be hard for someone who is not