Publication

2012 - Springer

Language

English

Word Count

79,250 words, Guess

Page Count

317 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789400742796
  • ISBN-109400742797
  • Better World Books9789400742796
  • Open LibraryOL37153149M

Classifications

  • LCCGE1-350

Description

The wonders of science have a powerful hold on the imagination, yet the challenge of conveying to the public the expanding frontiers of human scientific knowledge grows daily more complex. This analysis of the process has three goals. First, to offer a survey of research conducted in the field of public communication of science and technology (PCST) over the past four decades, in a range of countries. Then—and this second ambition is enabled by the preceding one—it identifies and focuses on the researchers’ varying methods and perspectives. While all countries have, at times and to varying degrees, embarked on extremely ambitious policies to promote and valorize scientific and technical culture, the objectives they pursue must be understood and assessed within specific national contexts. This fact has guided our conceptualization of problems as well as our search for solutions. Our third and final ambition is to establish the trends implicit in these efforts.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Science Communication in the WorldSpringer2012

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