The culture of science
Subtitle: how the public relates to science across the globe
By: edited by Martin W. Bauer, Rajesh Shukla, and Nick Allum
Series: Routledge studies in science, technology and society -- 15
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780415873697
Subjects: Social aspects; Science; SCIENCE / History; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
Description: "This book offers the first comparative account of the changes and stabilities of public perceptions of science within the US, France, China, Japan, and across Europe over the past few decades. The contributors address the influence of cultural factors; the question of science and religion and its influence on particular developments (e.g. stem cell research); and the demarcation of science from non-science as well as issues including the incommensurability versus cognitive polyphasia and the cognitive (in)tolerance of different systems of knowledge"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.