Creating Connections
Museums and the Public Understanding of Current Research
Creating Connections
Museums and the Public Understanding of Current Research
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Description
Looks at the public understanding of research (PUR) and how it affects what science museums do. This title is a useful resource for science museum professionals who want to guide their institutions and their visitors toward an understanding of and appreciation for research.
The writing and editing in this compilation is excellent. . . Creating Connections is a useful, well-written book. I recommend ittttt
This volume contains essays from a 2002 conference, "Museums, Media, ad the Public Understanding of Research—An International Working Conference"...The book gives some sense of the breadth and intensity of the discussions, as well as providing a rich and diverse collection of papers on a central issue for science museums.
Creating Connections is a rigorous theoretical work that is both clear and stimulating. It will be of particular value to curators who want to reflect on exhibitions presenting developments in research, while stimulating researchers in the sociology of science, citizenship education, epistemology and ethics.
The writing and editing in this compilation is excellent. . . Creating Connections is a useful, well-written book. I recommend it
David Chittenden is Vice President for Education at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Graham Farmelo is Director of the Dana Centre project at the Science Museum, London and Associate Professor of Physics at Northeastern University. Bruce V. Lewenstein is Associate Professor of Science Communication at Cornell University.
The writing and editing in this compilation is excellent. . . Creating Connections is a useful, well-written book. I recommend ittttt
This volume contains essays from a 2002 conference, "Museums, Media, ad the Public Understanding of Research—An International Working Conference"...The book gives some sense of the breadth and intensity of the discussions, as well as providing a rich and diverse collection of papers on a central issue for science museums.
Creating Connections is a rigorous theoretical work that is both clear and stimulating. It will be of particular value to curators who want to reflect on exhibitions presenting developments in research, while stimulating researchers in the sociology of science, citizenship education, epistemology and ethics.
The writing and editing in this compilation is excellent. . . Creating Connections is a useful, well-written book. I recommend it
David Chittenden is Vice President for Education at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Graham Farmelo is Director of the Dana Centre project at the Science Museum, London and Associate Professor of Physics at Northeastern University. Bruce V. Lewenstein is Associate Professor of Science Communication at Cornell University.