The myth of scientific literacy / Morris H. Shamos.
The myth of scientific literacy / Morris H. Shamos.
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1995.
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T0391454
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 261 p. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1995.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c1995.
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Summary
Shamos advocates instead a practical science education curriculum that grants the impossibility of every American's learning enough science to make independent judgments about major scientific issues. Rather than giving children the heavy diet of scientific terms and facts they now get, he would emphasize: an appreciation of science as an ongoing c...
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Full title
The myth of scientific literacy / Morris H. Shamos.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index.
Transferred from N507.1073/3.
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c1995.
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T0391454
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74VMxNv7Z4EZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMxNv7Z4EZ
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ISBN
0813521963
9780813521961
DDC
507.1073
MMS ID
991002767129702626
