Unscientific America : how scientific illiteracy threatens our future / Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum.
New York : Basic Books, c2009Description: xiii, 209 p. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780465013050 (hbk. : alk. paper) :
- 0465013058 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 509.73 22
- 500
- Q149.U5 M66 2009
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BOOK | NCAR Library Mesa Lab | Q149 .U5 .M66 2009 | 1 | Available | 50583010332231 | ||
BOOK | NCAR Library Foothills Lab | Q149 .U5 .M66 2009 | 2 | Available | 50583010332223 |
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.