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Science news is met by the public with a mixture of fascination and disengagement. On the one hand, Americans are inflamed by topics ranging from the question of whether or not Pluto is a… Mehr…

Science news is met by the public with a mixture of fascination and disengagement. On the one hand, Americans are inflamed by topics ranging from the question of whether or not Pluto is a planet to the ethics of stem-cell research. But on the other hand, the complexity of scientific research can be confusing and overwhelming, causing many to divert their attentions elsewhere and leave science to the â experts.â Whether they follow science news closely or not, Americans take for granted that Science news is met by the public with a mixture of fascination and disengagement. On the one hand, Americans are inflamed by topics ranging from the question of whether or not Pluto is a planet to the ethics of stem-cell research. But on the other hand, the complexity of scientific research can be confusing and overwhelming, causing many to divert their attentions elsewhere and leave science to the â experts.â Whether they follow science news closely or not, Americans take for granted that discoveries in the sciences are constantly occurring. Few, however, stop to consider how these advancesâ and the debates they sometimes lead toâ contribute to the changing definition of the term â scienceâ itself. Going beyond the issue-centered debates, Daniel Patrick Thurs examines what these controversies say about how we understand science now and in the future. Drawing on his analysis of magazines, newspapers, journals, and other forms of public discourse, Thurs describes how scienceâ originally used as a synonym for general knowledgeâ became a term to distinguish particular subjects as elite forms of study accessible only to the highly educated. Philosophy & Social Aspects, Other Sciences, Science Talk: Changing Notions of Science in American Popular Culture~~ Thurs, Daniel Patrick~~Philosophy & Social Aspects~~Other Sciences~~9780813541525, en, Science Talk: Changing Notions of Science in American Popular Culture, Thurs, Daniel Patrick, 9780813541525, Rutgers University Press, 07/01/2007, , , , Rutgers University Press, 07/01/2007<

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Changing Notions of Science in American Popular Culture, Changing Notions of Science in American Popular Culture, [KW: PDF ,HISTORY , GENERAL ,COMPUTERS - LANGUAGES , PROGRAMMING] <-> <-… Mehr…

Changing Notions of Science in American Popular Culture, Changing Notions of Science in American Popular Culture, [KW: PDF ,HISTORY , GENERAL ,COMPUTERS - LANGUAGES , PROGRAMMING] <-> <-> PDF ,HISTORY , GENERAL ,COMPUTERS - LANGUAGES , PROGRAMMING<

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Science Talk: Changing Notions of Science in American Culture Science-Talk~~Daniel-Patrick-Thurs Science>Science Writing & Ref>Science Writing & Ref NOOK Book (eBook), Rutgers University … Mehr…

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2007, ISBN: 9780813541525

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