Unscientific America : how scientific illiteracy threatens our future / Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2009.Description: xxi, 209 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780465019175 (pbk.)
  • 046501917X (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q 149 .U5 M66 2009
Contents:
From a scientist and a writer -- Why Pluto matters -- Rethinking the problem of scientific illiteracy -- The rise and cultural decline of American science -- From Sputnik to Sagan -- Third culture, or nerd culture? -- Different rifts, still divided -- Science Escape 2008 -- Unpopular science -- Hollywood and the mad scientists -- Bruising their religion -- The future in our bones -- The bloggers cannot save us -- Is our scientists learning? -- Conclusion: a new mission for American science.
Summary: Journalist and author Mooney and scientist Kirshenbaum offer polemic about the dangers of America's scientific illiteracy. They go on to propose a broad array of initiatives that could lead to a greater integration of science into the national discourse.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-198) and index.

From a scientist and a writer -- Why Pluto matters -- Rethinking the problem of scientific illiteracy -- The rise and cultural decline of American science -- From Sputnik to Sagan -- Third culture, or nerd culture? -- Different rifts, still divided -- Science Escape 2008 -- Unpopular science -- Hollywood and the mad scientists -- Bruising their religion -- The future in our bones -- The bloggers cannot save us -- Is our scientists learning? -- Conclusion: a new mission for American science.

Journalist and author Mooney and scientist Kirshenbaum offer polemic about the dangers of America's scientific illiteracy. They go on to propose a broad array of initiatives that could lead to a greater integration of science into the national discourse.

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