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Author Mooney, Chris (Chris C.)

Title Unscientific America [electronic resource] : how scientific illiteracy threatens our future / Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum.

Imprint New York : Basic Books, c2009.

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Description xiii, 209 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-198) and index.
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 bestselling author Mooney and scientist Kirshenbaum offer an impassioned 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Science -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Communication in science -- United States.
Science in popular culture -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kirshenbaum, Sheril.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780465013050 (hbk. : alk. paper) :
0465013058 (hbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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