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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xxiv, 324 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In recent years governments and scientific establishments have been encouraging the development of professional and popular science communication. This book critically examines the origin of this drive to improve communication, and discusses why simply improving scientists' communication skills and understanding of their audiences may not be enough. Written in an engaging style, and avoiding specialist jargon, this book provides an insight into science's...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxiii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Roald Hoffmann's contributions to chemistry are well known; this Nobel laureate has published more than 500 articles and two books. As an "applied theoretical chemist," he has made significant contributions to our understanding of chemical bonding and reactivity, and taught two generations of chemists how to use molecular orbitals for real chemistry. Less well known, however, are Hoffmann's important and insightful contributions to the areas of scholarship...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xiii, 209 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Journalist and bestselling author Mooney and scientist Kirshenbaum offer an impassioned polemic about the dangers of America's scientific illiteracy. They go on to propose a broad array of initiatives that could lead to a greater integration of science into the national discourse.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xi, 254 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 x 34 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents more than thirty full-page science maps, fifty data charts, a timeline of science-mapping milestones, and 500 color images, which serve as a sumptuous visual index to the evolution of modern science and as an introduction to "the science of science"--Charting the trajectory from scientific concept to published results.
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xxiv, 327 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Excerpts from scientific writings that illustrate the evolution of the scientific article from its origin in 1665 till today. Includes commentaries explaining the context and communication strategy.