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This chapter starts with a description of a Café Scientifique and the importance of it being relaxed, informal, respectful, direct and, in a public venue, not an academic one. It describes how and why different countries do it in different forms but keep the equality of dialogue between the scientists and the audience. It also provides accounts of some cafés in Pacific and Asian countries.
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Dallas, D. (2014). Café Scientifique. In: Tan Wee Hin, L., Subramaniam, R. (eds) Communicating Science to the Public. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9097-0_16
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