Unscientific America How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future

Name: Unscientific America How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future
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ISBN: 9780465013050

ISBN-10: 0465013058

ISBN-13: 9780465013050

Edition: 2009

Authors: Chris Mooney, Sheril Kirshenbaum

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Climate change, the energy crisis, nuclear proliferationmany of the most urgent problems of twenty-first century require scientific solutions. And yet Americans are paying less and less attention to scientists. For every five hours of cable news, less than a minute is devoted to science; 46 percent of Americans believe that God, not evolution, created life on earth; the number of newspapers with science sections has shrunk from ninety-five to thirty-three since 1989. The disconnect between the scientific community and American culture grows wider every day.InUnscientific America, journalist and best-selling author Chris Mooney and scientist Sheril Kirshenbaum explain how corporate…

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List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 7/14/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Geoffrey Trease was a prolific writer, with over 100 books to his name, and has been translated into 20 languages. He is best known for his children's historical fiction. His most popular and successful book, Cue For Treason, portrayed a company of strolling players in Shakespeare's time and a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I.Chris Mooney lives in Boston, where he is at work on his second novel.



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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