Making Sense of Making Scents

Scientists have a choice concerning what role they should play in political debates and policy formation, particularly in terms of how they present their research. This book is about understanding this choice, what considerations are important to think about when deciding, and the consequences of such choices for the individual scientist and the broader scientific enterprise. Rather than prescribing what course of action each scientist ought to take, the book aims to identify a range of options for individual scientists to consider in making their own judgments about how they would like to position themselves in relation to policy and politics. Using examples from a range of scientific controversies and thought-provoking analogies from other walks of life, The Honest Broker challenges us all - scientists, politicians and citizens - to think carefully about how best science can contribute to policy-making and a healthy democracy.

南海到底有多重要？為什麼東南亞每個國家都想要它？那南海究竟是誰的？怎麼「五國六方 」都說是他的？(五國指的是中越菲馬汶，六方指的是上述五國，加上臺灣)原來，隸屬於高雄的觀光勝地－旗津！近年來，南海周邊部份國家，竊占鄰近南沙群島的島、礁、灘，不僅宣稱擁有主權，並在島上興建設施，造成紛爭，且有西方大國在背後推波助瀾，企圖造成既成事實。尤有甚者，由於南海係太平洋與印度洋間之必經航道，南海之穩定，更受國際重視。書中一篇篇獨家專訪，以及一幀幀首度公開的照片，讓您真正了解藍色國土，並好好來認識國境之南。旗津這邊還有許多遊客聞所未聞的「四大祕境」，根本匪夷所思，而：祕境之一是不開放的「國家公園」，祕徑之二則要通過一條長達一千六百公里的「航線」才能抵達，簡直是天馬行空，祕境之三是兩千三百公里之遙的海下國境，石油蘊藏量驚人，聽來等同胡說八道，祕境之四可說是個壓力鍋，讓人擔心何時會引爆，是否危言聳聽……另外，其實高雄有三座機場，除了小港機場之外，其他兩座機場也都位在旗津。原來旗津比所有人想得都要多元！而答案是上述的第一祕境為東沙環礁國家公園，第二祕境則為太平島，第三祕境為曾母暗沙，第四祕境則為中沙海域還有西沙群島。沒錯，按照現行行政區劃，這裡隸屬旗津區的中興里十八鄰，「法理上」整片南海上的群島，都由高雄市代管而旗津區統包了，這樣的面積，肯定能夠申請金氏世界紀錄，東沙島很小沒錯，但加上海域，陸海共構成為臺灣面積最大的國家公園；太平島則更小，旁邊還有比籃球場大不了多少的迷你版國土「中洲礁」，不過太平島卻是南沙群島中唯一具有淡水，適宜人居的天然島嶼。重點是世界上沒幾個人知道「東沙島與太平島是旗津」，沒有人知道「旗津有機場」，「國家公園在旗津」，「旗津還有燈塔在太平島」，……更不用說旗津有多大了！上述祕境就由五次航向南海，唯一遍訪東沙島、太平島、中洲礁、中沙海域以及曾母暗沙的文字工作者——裴凡強，與獲獎無數的名攝影師安培淂（Alberto Buzzola），藉由一篇篇獨家專訪，以及一幀幀首度公開的照片，真正了解藍色國土，好好認識國境之南。所以你還是以為自己對旗津很熟、國境之南在墾丁，鵝鑾鼻是臺灣最南端的燈塔嗎？這些島嶼由高雄代管，卻位在南海；雖是國境，卻比出國還遠，甚至「南疆」堪稱「難疆」，是全世界關切的火藥庫，是全球航線上的交通要徑，同時也是蘊藏大量尚待開採的珍稀資源之寶庫。本書議題廣泛，但

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