ISBN:
9780203813621
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (491 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society Ser.
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DDC:
306.4/5
Keywords:
Science ; Social aspects..
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Culture
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Cover -- The Culture of Science How the Public Relates to Science Across the Globe -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Towards Cultural Indicators of Science with Global Validity -- 2. The Culture of Science and the Politics of Numbers -- Part I: Longitudinal Analysis -- 3. Attitudes toward Science in France: 1972-2005 -- 4. American Public Understanding of Science: 1979-2006 -- 5. The Image of Science in Bulgaria and UK, 1992-2005: Does Generation Matter? -- 6. The Changing Culture of Science across Old Europe: 1989 to 2005 -- 7. Knowledge of Science and Technology in Japan: IRT Scores for 1991 and 2001 -- 8. Adult Scientifi c Literacy and Its Surveys in China since 1992 -- Part II: Cross-National Comparisons -- 9. Comparing the Public Understanding of Science across China and Europe -- 10. Information and Attitudes towards Science and Technology in Iberoamerica -- 11. The Science Culture Index (SCI): Construction and Validation -- 12. A Comparative View on Adolescents' Attitudes towards Science -- Part III: Measurement Issues -- 13. The Sources and Impact of Civic Scientifi c Literacy -- 14. Using Latent Trait Models to Assess Cross-National Scales of the Public's Knowledge about Science and Technology -- 15. Statistical Modelling of Public Understanding of Science -- 16. The Cultures of Public Understanding of Science- Defi ning Cultural Distance -- Part IV: Cultural Aspects of Sensitive Topics -- 17. Beliefs about Astrology across Europe -- 18. The Human-Animal Boundary in Switzerland: A Cross-Cultural Perspective -- 19. Religious Belief and Attitudes about Science in the United States -- 20. Worldviews and Perceptions of Stem Cell Research across Europe -- Part V: Complementary Data Streams -- 21. Measuring PEP/IS, a New Model for Communicative Effectiveness of Science.
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