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100 1  Mooney, Chris|q(Chris C.)|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/no2005082354 
245 10 Unscientific America :|bhow scientific illiteracy 
       threatens our future /|cChris Mooney and Sheril 
       Kirshenbaum. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    xiii, 209 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-198) and 
       index. 
505 0  From a scientist and a writer -- Why Pluto matters -- 
       Rethinking the problem of scientific illiteracy -- The 
       rise and cultural decline of American science -- From 
       Sputnik to Sagan -- Third culture, or nerd culture? -- 
       Different rifts, still divided -- Science Escape 2008 -- 
       Unpopular science -- Hollywood and the mad scientists -- 
       Bruising their religion -- The future in our bones -- The 
       bloggers cannot save us -- Is our scientists learning? -- 
       Conclusion: a new mission for American science. 
520    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. 
650  0 Science|xStudy and teaching|zUnited States.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118593 
650  0 Communication in science|zUnited States.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120878 
650  0 Science in popular culture|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities
       /subjects/sh2001008372|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov
       /authorities/names/n78095330-781 
650  7 Science|xStudy and teaching.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1108387 
650  7 Communication in science.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/870268 
650  7 Science in popular culture.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org
       /fast/1108734 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155
700 1  Kirshenbaum, Sheril.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names
       /n2009022671 
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