Science In Public

Science In Public

by Jane Gregory and Steven Miller
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 07/09/2000

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Does the general public need to understand science? And if so, is it scientists' responsibility to communicate? Critics have argued that, despite the huge strides made in technology, we live in a "scientifically illiterate" society--one that thinks about the world and makes important decisions without taking scientific knowledge into account. But is the solution to this "illiteracy" to deluge the layman with scientific information? Or does science news need to be focused around specific issues and organized into stories that are meaningful and relevant to people's lives? In this unprecedented, comprehensive look at a new field, Jane Gregory and Steve Miller point the way to a more effective public understanding of science in the years ahead.

ISBN:
9780465024506
9780465024506
Category:
Science: general issues
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
07-09-2000
Language:
English
Publisher:
Basic Books
Steven Miller

Steven Miller is head of the National Art Archive and Capon Research Library at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He has published widely on art, and his most recent books are Awakening: four lives in art (Wakefield Press, 2015) with Eileen Chanin, and Dogs in Australian art (Wakefield Press, 2nd ed, 2016). His book Degenerates and perverts: the 1939 Herald exhibition of French and British contemporary art with Eileen Chanin, won the NSW Premier's Australian History Award in 2006.

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