PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE
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PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE (ebook)

DAVID KNIGHT

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9781134624997
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232
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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.

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