Russians consider the Internet the most useful invention of the 20th century.
In the first place in the list of scientific achievements of the XX century, changed the world for the better, the Russians put the Internet. This opinion is shared by 24 percent of the population polled by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). At the same time, 3 percent of respondents believe that the influence of the Network was negative.
Also, Russians positively assess space exploration (20 percent), progress in medicine (16 percent), telephone and mobile communications (14 percent), and television (7 percent).
Rather, negative changes are attributed by public opinion to discoveries in the field of atomic energy (23 percent) and in the military industry (6 percent). The role of cars seems to be controversial (3 percent "for", 1 "against").
According to 55 percent of respondents, science and new technologies make the lives of people better and longer. At the same time, 27 percent of Russians hold the opposite point of view.
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Young people are more optimistic in assessing the role of science (in the group of 18-24-year-olds 69 percent positive feedback, 20 - negative; and in the group “60+” - 46 and 28 percent, respectively).
Among prominent Russian scientists, respondents indicated primarily Sergei Korolev (10 percent), Zhores Alferov (8 percent), Andrei Sakharov (6 percent), Svyatoslav Fedorov (3 percent). Two thirds of the respondents found it difficult to give at least one last name.
At the same time, 68 percent of Russians say that they are interested in new achievements in science and technology (from 39 percent in the group with lower secondary to 70 percent in the group with higher and incomplete higher education).
The most interesting interviewees include such areas of scientific knowledge as medicine (44 percent of respondents), technical advances (34 percent), astronomy and space exploration (18 percent), psychology (18 percent), Internet technologies (15 percent), and economics (13 percent), biology and biotechnology (12 percent).
Older respondents show the greatest interest in medicine (49 percent of respondents over 45 years old), and young people in Internet technologies (34 percent).
46 percent of Russians believe that the media pay enough attention to the problems of science and technology. 38 percent of respondents believe that this information is not enough, and five percent, that too much.
VCIOM conducted a survey on April 14-15, 2007. 1600 people were polled in 153 locations in 46 regions, territories and republics of Russia. The margin of error does not exceed 3.4 percent.
Source: lenta.ru/news/2007/04/26/russians
Also, Russians positively assess space exploration (20 percent), progress in medicine (16 percent), telephone and mobile communications (14 percent), and television (7 percent).
Rather, negative changes are attributed by public opinion to discoveries in the field of atomic energy (23 percent) and in the military industry (6 percent). The role of cars seems to be controversial (3 percent "for", 1 "against").
According to 55 percent of respondents, science and new technologies make the lives of people better and longer. At the same time, 27 percent of Russians hold the opposite point of view.
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Young people are more optimistic in assessing the role of science (in the group of 18-24-year-olds 69 percent positive feedback, 20 - negative; and in the group “60+” - 46 and 28 percent, respectively).
Among prominent Russian scientists, respondents indicated primarily Sergei Korolev (10 percent), Zhores Alferov (8 percent), Andrei Sakharov (6 percent), Svyatoslav Fedorov (3 percent). Two thirds of the respondents found it difficult to give at least one last name.
At the same time, 68 percent of Russians say that they are interested in new achievements in science and technology (from 39 percent in the group with lower secondary to 70 percent in the group with higher and incomplete higher education).
The most interesting interviewees include such areas of scientific knowledge as medicine (44 percent of respondents), technical advances (34 percent), astronomy and space exploration (18 percent), psychology (18 percent), Internet technologies (15 percent), and economics (13 percent), biology and biotechnology (12 percent).
Older respondents show the greatest interest in medicine (49 percent of respondents over 45 years old), and young people in Internet technologies (34 percent).
46 percent of Russians believe that the media pay enough attention to the problems of science and technology. 38 percent of respondents believe that this information is not enough, and five percent, that too much.
VCIOM conducted a survey on April 14-15, 2007. 1600 people were polled in 153 locations in 46 regions, territories and republics of Russia. The margin of error does not exceed 3.4 percent.
Source: lenta.ru/news/2007/04/26/russians
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