Public Understanding of Science: A History of Communicating Scientific Ideas by Knight, David

Public Understanding of Science: A History of Communicating Scientific Ideas (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415206389)

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Public Understanding of Science: A History of Communicating Scientific Ideas by Knight, David

Public Understanding of Science: A History of Communicating Scientific Ideas

$200.00
Public Understanding of Science: A History of Communicating Scientific Ideas by Knight, David

Public Understanding of Science: A History of Communicating Scientific Ideas

$200.00
Format: Hardcover
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Answering questions such as whether the interesting parts of science be conveyed in sermons, poems, pictures and journalism, Knight explores the history of science to show how the successes and failures of our ancestors can help us understand the position science comes to occupy now.

Author: David Knight
ISBN-10: 0415206383
ISBN-13: 9780415206389
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2006
Pages: 242
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.32w x 0.71d
By David Knight
By David Knight
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David Knight is Emeritus Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Durham. His distinguished career has led to numerous awards including a Templeton Foundation award for teaching 'Science & Religion in the 19th century', and the American Chemical Society's Edelstein Award for History of Chemistry. His most recent publications include Science and Beliefs: From Natural Philosophy to Natural Science, 1700-1900 (co-editor), and Science and Spirituality: the Volatile Connection (Routledge, 2004).

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