Mooney, Chris <br/><br/>
Unscientific America :  how scientific illiteracy threatens our future / 
Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum. 
 - New York :  Basic Books,  c2009. 
 - xxi, 209 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-198) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780465019175 (pbk.) 046501917X (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--Study and teaching--United States.<br/>Communication in science--United States.<br/>Science in popular culture--United States.<br/>Communication in science.<br/>Popular culture.<br/>Science.<br/>Science--Study and teaching.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q 149 .U5 M66 2009