Exploring Science in Museums
Published on 1. December 2000
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-485-90006-4 (ISBN)
Description
The relationship between science and the public is one of the great contemporary debates, involving questions of accountability, resource, the construction of knowledge and its legal implications. Mutual understanding between scientists and non-scientists is a key figure in the dialogue and here the interpretation of science in museums has a significant part to play.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
409 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-485-90006-4 (9780485900064)
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Content
Part 1 Museums and geology, P.S. Doughty: the roller-coaster of museum geology, Simon Knell; presenting science as product or as process - museums and the making of science, Ken Arnold; a conflict of cultures - hands-on science centres in the UK museums, Ian Simmons; science and its stakeholders - the making of science in American life, Arthur Molella and Carlene Stephens; communication strategies in interactive spaces, Gillian Thomas and Tim Caulton; mindful play! or mindless learning! modes of exploring science in museums, Ibrahim Yahya; science museums, or just museums of science?, John Durant. Part 2 Reviews edited by Eilean Hooper-Greenhill: the artist and the museum series, Rebecca Duclos; writing about exhibition catalogues - a literature review, Pnina Wentz; the museum of women's art - towards a culture of difference, Beverley Butler; health matters in science museums - a review, Ray Kaushik.