On November 26 2012, I gave a lecture at a UC-Berkeley for the course "Ethics for Astronomers" led by Paul Kalas, Professor in this university and colleague of mine for several years. I think this kind of courses is extremely important for graduate students who will face ethical issues in their career and need to learn early how to address them.
In my lecture, I discussed first how my career was modified when I started blogging for the Cosmic Diary of the International Year of Astronomy in January 2009 and some highlights in my work which are direct consequences of this...
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