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

By: Contributor(s): New York : Basic Books, c2009Description: xiii, 209 p. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780465013050 (hbk. : alk. paper) :
  • 0465013058 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509.73 22
  • 500
LOC classification:
  • Q149.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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab Q149 .U5 .M66 2009 1 Available 50583010332231
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab Q149 .U5 .M66 2009 2 Available 50583010332223
Total holds: 0

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.

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