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Mad Scientist Stereotype Outdated

Do people still imagine a physicist as abearded man in glasses or has the image of the mad scientist changed? TheInstitute of Physics set out to find out whether the stereotype of a physics'boffin' (科学家)still exists by conducting a survey onshoppers in London. The people were asked to identify the physicist from aphotograph of a line-up of possible suspects. 98 percent of those asked got itwrong. The majority of people picked a white male of around 60, wearing glassesand with a white beard.

While this stereotype may have been the imageof an average physicist fifty years ago, the reality is now very different.Since 1960 the number of young women entering physics has doubled and theaverage age of a physicist is now 31.

The stereotype of the absent-minded scientisthas lasted a long time because the media and Hollywood help promote the imageof men in white lab coats with glasses sitting by blackboards full ofequations(等式)or working with fizzing (嘶嘶响)test tubes. These stereotypes are really damaging to society. Verygood school children are put off studying science because they don't see peoplelike themselves on television or in magazines doing science. They simply don'trelate to the media's image of the mad scientist.

This is one reason why fewer young people arechoosing to do science at university. If we want to encourage more young peopleto study science subjects, we need to change this image of the scientist andmake science careers more attractive. But we must also develop children'sinterest in science.

In an attempt to change this negative image, anincreasing number of science festivals are being organized. Thousands of peoplefrom secondary schools are also encouraged to take part in nationwide sciencecompetitions of which the most popular are the national science Olympiads.Winning national teams then get the opportunity to take part in theInternational Science Olympiads which are held in a different country everyyear. These events are all interesting for the young people who take part butthey only involve a small proportion of students who are already interested inscience. It seems that there is a long way to go before science becomesattractive as subjects like computer studies or fashion and design.

1 Most people have similar ideas of what aphysicist looks like.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

2 The majority of physicists in Britain todayare Cambridge graduates

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

3 The media and the cinema have played a rolein promoting the image of the mad scientist.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

4 There will be more women scientists than menscientists in. the future

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

5 More children will study science if itbecomes more attractive.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

6 The image of the mad scientist is reallyencouraging to society.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

7 The International Science Olympiads are heldonce every two years.

A Right

B Wrong

C Not mentioned

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