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Categories: Political Science
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Examines the development of chemistry in Britain 1760-1820 and relates it to civic life.
Science In Public
Language: en
Pages: 318
Authors: Jane Gregory
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-09-07 - Publisher: Basic Books

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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 strid
The Culture of Science
Language: en
Pages: 491
Authors: Martin W. Bauer
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-15 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book offers the first comparative account of the changes and stabilities of public perceptions of science within the US, France, China, Japan, and across E
Innocent Experiments
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Rebecca Onion
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-04 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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From the 1950s to the digital age, Americans have pushed their children to live science-minded lives, cementing scientific discovery and youthful curiosity as i
The Emergence of a Scientific Culture
Language: en
Pages: 576
Authors: Stephen Gaukroger
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-23 - Publisher: Clarendon Press

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Why did science emerge in the West and how did scientific values come to be regarded as the yardstick for all other forms of knowledge? Stephen Gaukroger shows