[2008-11-0900:1:37] After the conclusion of the National Science and Technology Conference on June 65438+1October 65438+February 2006, China Youth Daily reported that in 2005, As one of the series, Professor Yang Binghui, Chairman of Shanghai Popular Science Writers Association, also won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, ending the history that popular science works missed the National Science and Technology Award. China Youth Daily used the word "unprecedented" in the eye-catching title of this news, which shows that popular science works have won the highest national science and technology award, and the status of popular science in national science and technology work is increasing day by day.
In the past 24 years, I have won the popular science works award three times: 1. 1983, and I won the first prize for popular science translation of Guangzhou New Medical Journal Cancer. 2. 199 1 "New Strategies for Overcoming Cancer" won the first prize of the top ten popular science journals issued by "I wish you health" magazine; 3. In 2006, the article "Learning English by Science and Technology" won the first prize in the translation competition and the second prize in the essay writing of the popular science magazine "Learning English by Science and Technology in Shanghai Jiaotong University" (the first prize was vacant). Based on the above popular science works, this paper discusses the role of popular science works in creation.
First, the influence of award-winning popular science works on the initial creative psychology.
When medical workers write popular science articles for the first time, they often make tentative creations out of temporary interest. The success of the first trial will undoubtedly further stimulate the enthusiasm of creation and lay a good foundation for future creation.
1. The author first submitted a popular science article on 1982. In June, 1982, the magazine New Medicine published by Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences held an English popular science translation competition with the title "Cancer is just a skin", that is, "skin cancer". This translated article is a popular science text, with many common words and few professional words, which is difficult to translate. The author tried to translate the above content, revised it several times and sent it in time. 1983 "new medicine" 1 issue, the translation accident won the first prize and topped the list.
2.23 years later, in 2006, Science and Technology Learning English magazine held an essay contest, which was an opportunity to re-create popular science translation. The author summed up the learning experience of 1980 in the early stage of learning English for science and technology, and wrote the article "Learning English for science and technology won the first prize in the translation competition", and won the second prize in the essay writing of learning English for science and technology in Shanghai Jiaotong University. It can be seen that a good beginning is half the battle. 1983 The author succeeded in the first trial of popular science translation and won the first prize, which further stimulated the enthusiasm for further creation.
Second, the role of award-winning popular science works in creative motivation
There are various motivations leading to the creation of popular science, and the creative motivation is the psychological potential of creation. In order to bring the potential into play and sublimate, we need a kind of starting power, which is called creative power. Creative motivation can come from the outside or from the inside.
1. External motivation comes from social needs and motives with social significance. Such as academic groups, Xinmin Evening News, I wish you health magazine, etc. And the awards of popular science works that strengthen external motivation belong to the external motivation of creation. 199 1 After winning the first prize of ten popular science periodicals, the author presents the award certificate and the congratulatory letter from the editor-in-chief of "I wish you health" magazine to Mr. He, the editor-in-chief of Kangjianyuan Edition of Xinmin Evening News. Without saying anything, he decided to publish a similar article on the page he edited. At the beginning of 1992, at that time, the circulation of Xinmin Evening News exceeded 6.5438+0.6 million, with the first influence. After the publication of the author's article "A new way to treat cancer makes her happy with a new life", there was an endless stream of patients. For many years, dozens of patients received treatment every day, prompting the author to improve his technology and cure a case of lung cancer with traditional Chinese medicine and dietotherapy. This kind of clinical practice has become the external driving force of popular science creation.
The field of medical knowledge is very broad, as the famous Soviet popular science writer Ilya said: "Every science seems to be calling us and inviting us to write it specially, and piles of the most precious new materials that literature has not touched shine everywhere. Everywhere, the road that the writer has not traveled is marked. "Society needs medicine, and medicine is calling for medical science popularization workers.
2. The intrinsic motivation of popular science creation belongs to the author's own needs. For example, others don't understand the nature of their own work, so they need to introduce themselves or publicize, and their sense of social obligation and responsibility belongs to their own needs.
We still need to create knowledge, medical practical experience and rich clinical knowledge. With this motivation, we will always pay attention to the creative content and conceive creative skills and methods. Driven by creativity, it is possible for medical popular science writers to overcome some difficulties in the creative process and obtain creative results. The award-winning of popular science works is the source of power for the re-creation of popular science works. After winning the prize, the author's popular science works received timely guidance and help from excellent editors of many newspapers and publishing houses, which played a positive role in continuously igniting the creative fire in his mind and persisting in his psychological desire for creation. Since then, I have written many popular science works and published them day and night. On the basis of the above-mentioned award-winning works, eight years later, I wrote a book "New Anti-cancer Law" and published it (Shanghai Scientific and Technological Literature).
Third, the role of award-winning popular science works in creative responsibility and obligation.
The responsibility of medical workers is to save lives, and the responsibility of medical science creation is also to save lives. A good medical paper only spreads on a small scale. If it is rewritten into popular science works, more people can accept new medical knowledge and play a positive role in promoting "everyone enjoys health care"
Popular science creation is not only our responsibility, but also our obligation. Actively participating in popular science creation is the requirement of the times. Recently, the domestic research on dietotherapy is surging, and dietotherapy books are flooding in. The vitality of sci-tech books lies in innovation and internal quality. After winning the prize for popular science works, the author felt obliged to write the book Diet for All Diseases. How can we make the book "Dietotherapy for All Diseases" innovative? Through research, the author found that most dietotherapy books have no examples of application of dietotherapy remedies, and lack of observation and proof of dietotherapy efficacy. In order to make up for this defect, case introduction is a major feature of this book, which has examples (preface) from beginning to end. Many of these cases belong to new diagnosis and treatment experience, which is refreshing. Such as a case of viral spongiform encephalopathy (a new disease) caused by eating raw beef. Another case of mouse nipple (verruca vulgaris) was cured by rice diet for 8 months and did not recur for more than ten years. The tree of dietotherapy theory needs watering. Only by absorbing new nutrition from dietotherapy practice can new branches grow. Dietotherapy for all diseases is innovative in form, content and concept, which makes it a new branch of dietotherapy theory tree. The book was published by Shanghai Science and Technology Literature Publishing House in 2005. The book was reprinted several times in a short period of time after its publication, which was in short supply.
To sum up, popular science and scientific research and development are two indispensable wings of national scientific and technological work, and popular science is the "extension" and "deepening" of scientific and technological discovery, invention and creation. Winning prizes for popular science works plays a great role in creative psychology, creative motivation, creative responsibility and obligation. After Chairman Yang Binghui's popular science works won the National Science and Technology Progress Award, Mr. Pan Chongguang's "Genetic Treasure Series" won the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award. They are role models for everyone to learn. The author is convinced that in the garden of medical science popularization, there will be a hundred flowers blooming and more colorful.