Science Talk : : Changing Notions of Science in American Culture / / Daniel Patrick Thurs.
Science news is met by the public with a mixture of fascination and disengagement. On the one hand, Americans are inflamed by topics ranging from the question of whether or not Pluto is a planet to the ethics of stem-cell research. But the complexity of scientific research can also be confusing and...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Talking about Science
- Chapter 1. Phrenology: A Science for Everyone
- Chapter 2. Evolution: Struggling over Science
- Chapter 3. Relativity: A Science Set Apart
- Chapter 4. UFOs: In the Shadow of Science
- Chapter 5. Intelligent Design: The Evolution of Science Talk
- Notes
- Index