The Culture of Science: How the Public Relates to Science Across the Globe

The Culture of Science: How the Public Relates to Science Across the Globe
ISBN-10
1136701400
ISBN-13
9781136701405
Category
Social Science
Pages
472
Language
English
Published
2012-03-15
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Martin W. Bauer, Nick Allum, Rajesh Shukla

Description

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 Europe over the past few decades. The contributors address the influence of cultural factors; the question of science and religion and its influence on particular developments (e.g. stem cell research); and the demarcation of science from non-science as well as issues including the ‘incommensurability’ versus ‘cognitive polyphasia’ and the cognitive (in)tolerance of different systems of knowledge.

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