Author: Thomas Brante
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791414736
Size: 50.92 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Book Description: This book represents emerging alternative perspectives to the "constructivist" orthodoxy that currently dominates the field of science and technology studies. Various contributions from distinguished Americans and Europeans in the field, provide arguments and evidence that it is not enough simply to say that science is "socially situated." Controversial Science focuses on important political, ethical, and broadly normative considerations that have yet to be given their due, but which point to a more realistic and critical perspective on science policy.

Author: Sharon M. Friedman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135683425
Size: 40.24 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Book Description: Exploring the interactions that swirl around scientific uncertainty and its coverage by the mass media, this volume breaks new ground by looking at these issues from three different perspectives: that of communication scholars who have studied uncertainty in a number of ways; that of science journalists who have covered these issues; and that of scientists who have been actively involved in researching uncertain science and talking to reporters about it. In particular, Communicating Uncertainty examines how well the mass media convey to the public the complexities, ambiguities, and controversies that are part of scientific uncertainty. In addition to its new approach to scientific uncertainty and mass media interactions, this book distinguishes itself in the quality of work it assembles by some of the best known science communication scholars in the world. This volume continues the exploration of interactions between scientists and journalists that the three coeditors first documented in their highly successful volume, Scientists and Journalists: Reporting Science as News, which was used for many years as a text in science journalism courses around the world.

Author: Richard Broughton
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780712652933
Size: 14.14 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Parapsychology
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Book Description: Discussing all aspects of the subject of parapsychology, this book describes the debates about the validity of paranormal experiences, distinguishes between what is "known" and what is speculation in each field and discusses research from India and Russia. Case histories are included.

Author: Melvin W. Reder
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226706108
Size: 37.41 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Book Description: The field of economics has always had an unstable reputation in the academic world, and in the public eye as well: some consider economists to be scientists, while others see them as disguised ideologues. The resulting insecurities have driven economists to continually redefine their discipline, from its scope and its methods to its content. Economics: The Culture of a Controversial Science incisively describes the profession of economics as it has developed in response to these peculiar challenges.

Author: Erminia Pedretti
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429017758
Size: 62.91 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Book Description: Controversy in Science Museums focuses on exhibitions that approach sensitive or controversial topics. With a keen sense of past and current practices, Pedretti and Navas Iannini examine and re-imagine how museums and science centres can create exhibitions that embrace criticality and visitor agency. Drawing on international case studies and voices from visitors and museum professionals, as well as theoretical insights about scientific literacy and science communication, the authors explore the textured notion of controversy and the challenges and opportunities practitioners may encounter as they plan for and develop controversial science exhibitions. They assert that science museums can no longer serve as mere repositories for objects or sites for transmitting facts, but that they should also become spaces for conversations that are inclusive, critical, and socially responsible. Controversy in Science Museums provides an invaluable resource for museum professionals who are interested in creating and hosting controversial exhibitions, and for scholars and students working in the fields of museum studies, science communication, and social studies of science. Anyone wishing to engage in an examination and critique of the changing roles of science museums will find this book relevant, timely, and thought provoking.

Author: Gary Taubes
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307267946
Size: 28.54 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Book Description: For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes. Taubes argues that the problem lies in refined carbohydrates, like white flour, easily digested starches, and sugars, and that the key to good health is the kind of calories we take in, not the number. Called “a very important book,” by Andrew Weil and …” destined to change the way we think about food,” by Michael Pollan, this groundbreaking book by award-winning science writer Gary Taubes shows us that almost everything we believe about the nature of a healthy diet is wrong.

Author: Richard S. Broughton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 72.16 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Parapsychology
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Book Description: Focuses on recent parapsychological research, with descriptions of the techniques used to test psi phenomena-from classic ESP card experiments to field studied in polterigeists.

Author: William F. McComas
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9462094977
Size: 74.67 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Book Description: The Language of Science Education: An Expanded Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts in Science Teaching and Learning is written expressly for science education professionals and students of science education to provide the foundation for a shared vocabulary of the field of science teaching and learning. Science education is a part of education studies but has developed a unique vocabulary that is occasionally at odds with the ways some terms are commonly used both in the field of education and in general conversation. Therefore, understanding the specific way that terms are used within science education is vital for those who wish to understand the existing literature or make contributions to it. The Language of Science Education provides definitions for 100 unique terms, but when considering the related terms that are also defined as they relate to the targeted words, almost 150 words are represented in the book. For instance, “laboratory instruction” is accompanied by definitions for openness, wet lab, dry lab, virtual lab and cookbook lab. Each key term is defined both with a short entry designed to provide immediate access following by a more extensive discussion, with extensive references and examples where appropriate. Experienced readers will recognize the majority of terms included, but the developing discipline of science education demands the consideration of new words. For example, the term blended science is offered as a better descriptor for interdisciplinary science and make a distinction between project-based and problem-based instruction. Even a definition for science education is included. The Language of Science Education is designed as a reference book but many readers may find it useful and enlightening to read it as if it were a series of very short stories.

Author: Dorothy Nelkin
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595001947
Size: 67.35 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Book Description: In 1999, by the board of education in Kansas voted to delete all mention of evolution from the state’s recommended science curriculum and also from its educational assessment tests. This decision, and similar decisions in other states, suggest the persistence of creationists and their ability to capture sufficient support to influence educational policies. Although evolutionary ideas have become increasing important to many scientific fields, the creationists still have significant influence on science curriculum. How have religious fundamentalists and right wing conservatives managed to have such influence? In this science-dominated age, why is their such opposition to the teaching of evolution? This book places the Kansas decision in the broader context of the controversy between creationists and evolutionists, as a group of religious fundamentalists who defined themselves as scientists have challenged the most basic assumptions of contemporary biology. Though motivated by religious beliefs, they have tried to bypass the Constitutional requirement for the separation of church and state as they seek to influence legislature and school boards. Looking at the people involved in this social movement and tracing changes in their arguments and strategies, this book links the creation-evolution controversy to broader questions about the meaning of religion in a secular science, public trust in science, and persistent concerns about its social and moral implications.

Author: Albert Zeyer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 904813949X
Size: 80.42 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 197
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Book Description: Health and the environment are important learning areas in science education and their significance is growing. Not only do they have high social relevance, but they are also close to students’ interests and needs. They provide many opportunities to unlock science with questions that are personally relevant to boys and girls and that inspire them to engage in science. This book contains a selection of papers from prominent professionals in science, health and environmental education, who reflect on science education, each from their specific point of view. The core idea is to present well-founded perspectives on how science education may benefit from challenges stemming from both health and environmental education. Specific reasons are discussed as to why these two areas are particularly legitimized to challenge science education, and their potential impact on a revision of science education is evaluated. A new pedagogy for science¦environment¦health that yields interesting and relevant science education for students and teachers, and addresses the grand challenges of this century: what an attractive and rewarding project! The book will motivate teachers, teacher educators and science education researchers to take part in this on-going project.