Public Understanding of Science: A History of Communicating Scientific Ideas
Author:   David Knight (University of Durham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   v. 26
ISBN:  

9780415206389


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   02 August 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Public Understanding of Science: A History of Communicating Scientific Ideas


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Author:   David Knight (University of Durham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v. 26
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780415206389


ISBN 10:   0415206383
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   02 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Understanding 2 God’s clockworld 3 Holding forth 4 Poetry, metaphor and algebra 5 Picturing science 6 Ballyhoo 7 Display 8 Travel 9 Imagining 10 Science gossip 11 Suspending judgement 12 Classical physics 13 Promoters and popularisers

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David Knight is Emeritus Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Durham. His distinguished career has led to numerous awards including a Templeton Foundation award for teaching ‘Science & Religion in the 19th century’, and the American Chemical Society’s Edelstein Award for History of Chemistry. His most recent publications include Science and Beliefs: From Natural Philosophy to Natural Science, 1700–1900 (co-editor), and Science and Spirituality: the Volatile Connection (Routledge, 2004).

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