Mooney, Chris.

Unscientific America : how scientific illiteracy threatens our future / Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum. - New York : BasicBooks, 2009. - XIII, 209 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.133-198) and index.

The rise ans cultural decline of american science: From Sputnik to Sagan ; Thrid 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 scientiss learning?.

9780465013050 (hbk) : ¹15.99 0465013058 (hbk)

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Science--Study and teaching--United States.
Communication in science--United States.
Science in popular culture--United States.

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