1.Florence Nightingale was born on 12 May 1820 into a wealthy and well-connected British family at the Villa Colombaia, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, and was named after the city of her birth.
2.From a very young age, Florence Nightingale was active in philanthropy, ministering to the ill and poor people in the village neighboring her family’s estate. By the time she was 16 years old, it was clear to her that nursing was her calling. She believed it to be her divine purpose.
3.On 4 November 1854, Florence Nightingale arrived in Turkey with a group of 38 nurses from England. Britain was at war with Russia and the conditions in the hospitals were very bad. Hundreds of soldiers were injured in the fighting.
4.Florence gained the nickname 'the Lady with the Lamp' during her work at Scutari. 'The Times' reported that at night she would walk among the beds, checking the wounded men holding a light in her hand. The image of 'the Lady with the Lamp' captured the public's imagination and Florence soon became a celebrity.
5.Florence’s work and achievement cannot be understated. She turned nursing into a respectable profession for women. Previously with the exception of nuns, most women who worked as nurses were working-class and often poorly trained and disciplined. Florence was determined to educate women in the field of nursing and turn it into a respectable occupation. Due in large part to her work in Crimea, Florence helped to transform the public image of nursing.
Объяснение:
Popular science literature - literary works about science, scientific achievements and scientists, intended for a wide range of readers.
Popular science literature is designed both for specialists from other fields of knowledge and for poorly trained readers, including children and adolescents.
Popular science literature includes works on the foundations and individual problems of fundamental and applied sciences, biographies of scientists, descriptions of travels, etc., written in various genres.
The best popular essays promote the achievements of science in a form that is most accessible to the readers to whom they are intended. Non-fiction literature is adjacent to popular science literature.
Popular knowledge sensu stricto is knowledge not for specialists, but for a wide range of adult amateurs with a general education. Therefore, it cannot be considered an introductory science; school textbooks serve these purposes, not popular books. A characteristic feature of the popular presentation of scientific knowledge is the lack of details and, above all, controversial opinions, as a result of which this knowledge appears artificially simplified. The form of this presentation has artistic appeal, liveliness and accessibility. More importantly, it is presented in an apodictic manner that allows one to simply accept or reject points of view. Simplification, imagery and apodicticity of judgments are the most characteristic features of exoteric knowledge.