Unscientific America [electronic resource] : how scientific illiteracy threatens our future / Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum.
Mooney, Chris (Chris C.); Kirshenbaum, Sheril.
2009
Q149.U5 M66 2009eb
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Title Unscientific America [electronic resource] : how scientific illiteracy threatens our future / Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum.
Author Mooney, Chris (Chris C.)
ISBN 9780465013050 (hbk. : alk. paper) :
0465013058 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint New York : Basic Books, c2009.
Language English
Description xiii, 209 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number Q149.U5 M66 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 509.73
Summary Journalist and bestselling author Mooney and scientist Kirshenbaum offer an impassioned polemic about the dangers of America's scientific illiteracy. They go on to propose a broad array of initiatives that could lead to a greater integration of science into the national discourse.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-198) and index.
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