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Author:   Richard Elliott ,  Brigitte Nerlich ,  Brendon Larson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780754676324

ISBN 10:   0754676323
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   23 September 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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'Addressing some of the crucial challenges of communicating biology in contemporary societies, this book will be of interest to a variety of audiences - including mass media and STS scholars, science communicators and professional scientists.' Massimiano Bucchi, UniversitA di Trento, Italy 'An invaluable library of practical and timely, yet ageless, science, science policy, societal, cultural, political, and communications insights, presented in a highly usable fashion certain to inform our approach to the wide range of science issues touching, as so many increasingly do, on domestic and international public policy questions.' Bud Ward, Editor, The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media, USA '...this book provides a stimulating awakening into one of the challenges facing science writing today...A book that leaves a lasting impression on a reader, in particular one that will actively affect future action, is certainly a worthy read...Contributors to the book include journalists, scientists and literary analysts and thereby insightful perspectives are gained from many sides...It is an eye-opener for a wide audience...' BioNews '...Brigitte Nerlich and her collaborators have gathered contributions from social scientists, linguists, philosophers, journalists and press officers to focus the analysis of science communication on the ethics of metaphor use...Communicating Biological Sciences enriches the literature with a multitude of perspectives on how metaphors are used by different parties to perform political and ethical functions.' Public Understanding of Science

'Addressing some of the crucial challenges of communicating biology in contemporary societies, this book will be of interest to a variety of audiences - including mass media and STS scholars, science communicators and professional scientists.' Massimiano Bucchi, Università di Trento, Italy 'An invaluable library of practical and timely, yet ageless, science, science policy, societal, cultural, political, and communications insights, presented in a highly usable fashion certain to inform our approach to the wide range of science issues touching, as so many increasingly do, on domestic and international public policy questions.' Bud Ward, Editor, The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media, USA '...this book provides a stimulating awakening into one of the challenges facing science writing today...A book that leaves a lasting impression on a reader, in particular one that will actively affect future action, is certainly a worthy read...Contributors to the book include journalists, scientists and literary analysts and thereby insightful perspectives are gained from many sides...It is an eye-opener for a wide audience...' BioNews '...Brigitte Nerlich and her collaborators have gathered contributions from social scientists, linguists, philosophers, journalists and press officers to focus the analysis of science communication on the ethics of metaphor use...Communicating Biological Sciences enriches the literature with a multitude of perspectives on how metaphors are used by different parties to perform political and ethical functions.' Public Understanding of Science

'Addressing some of the crucial challenges of communicating biology in contemporary societies, this book will be of interest to a variety of audiences - including mass media and STS scholars, science communicators and professional scientists.' Massimiano Bucchi, Universita di Trento, Italy 'An invaluable library of practical and timely, yet ageless, science, science policy, societal, cultural, political, and communications insights, presented in a highly usable fashion certain to inform our approach to the wide range of science issues touching, as so many increasingly do, on domestic and international public policy questions.' Bud Ward, Editor, The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media, USA '...this book provides a stimulating awakening into one of the challenges facing science writing today...A book that leaves a lasting impression on a reader, in particular one that will actively affect future action, is certainly a worthy read...Contributors to the book include journalists, scientists and literary analysts and thereby insightful perspectives are gained from many sides...It is an eye-opener for a wide audience...' BioNews '...Brigitte Nerlich and her collaborators have gathered contributions from social scientists, linguists, philosophers, journalists and press officers to focus the analysis of science communication on the ethics of metaphor use...Communicating Biological Sciences enriches the literature with a multitude of perspectives on how metaphors are used by different parties to perform political and ethical functions.' Public Understanding of Science

Author Information

Brigitte Nerlich is a Professor of Science, Language and Society at the Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK; Richard Elliott is a Postgraduate Research Student at the Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham, UK; Brendon Larson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environment and Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo, Canada Brigitte Nerlich, Richard Elliott, Brendon Larson, Elmien Wolvaardt, Sheila Jasanoff, Matthew C. Nisbet, Christoph Rehmann-Sutter, Toby Murcott, Fiona Fox, Jon Turney, Tim Radford, Stephen Strauss, Iina Hellsten, Andrew Balmer, Camille Herreman, Megan Allyse.

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