Science of the People: Understanding and using science in everyday contexts
Author:   Joan Solomon
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415644785


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   23 November 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Science of the People: Understanding and using science in everyday contexts


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Author:   Joan Solomon
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780415644785


ISBN 10:   041564478
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   23 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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How do most people view science? Do they picture bushy-haired, mad researchers wielding strange machines and noxious chemicals, or do they see calm, knowledgeable people who make advances in technology and medicine for the good of society? Solomon, a UK academic, undertook to answer this question, one of great importance to science educators, by conducting in-depth interviews with the inhabitants of an unnamed small town in England she calls Market Town. ...Summing Up: Recommended - C. G. Wood, formerly, Eastern Maine Community College, for CHOICE, August 2013


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Joan Solomon was Professor at the Open University, King's College London and the University of Plymouth.

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