Reflections on public perceptions of science
By: F.D. Manchester
Publisher: Manchester CF
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780987680204
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Science; Social aspects; Philosophy; Scientists; Research Personnel; Sciences; Aspect social; Philosophie; Chercheurs; Researchers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: Some problem specifics --; title: Consequences of the uses of science --; title: C.P. Snow's two cultures --; title: Scientists' interactions with society --; title: Provision of scientific advice for governments and methods for its evaluation --; title: Possibilities for improvements in public perceptions of science -- -- appendix 1.; title: A particular history of science -- -- appendix 2.; title: The relationship of logic with science -- -- appendix 3.; title: Some featurs of unification in physics --; title: appendix 4.; title: Example of condescension by scientists and technologists -- -- appendix 5.; title: About science -- -- appendix 6.; title: Elegance in science -- -- appendix 7.; title: An example of the high degree of concentration of concepts in physics -- -- appendix 8.; title: The scientific method -- -- appendix 9.; title: The Oppenheimer affair -- -- appendix 10.; title: An illustration of completeness and incompleteness for a logical system -- -- appendix 11.; title: Science wars -- -- appendix 12.; title: Integrated studies programme.