Public Understanding of Science -- Table of Contents (October 2007, 16 [4])

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Alastair Iles: Identifying environmental health risks in consumer products: non-governmental organizations and civic epistemologies
Public Understanding of Science 2007 16: 371-391. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Corinne Zimmerman and Kim Cuddington: Ambiguous, circular and polysemous: students' definitions of the "balance of nature" metaphor
Public Understanding of Science 2007 16: 393-406. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Sevan G. Terzian and Andrew L. Grunzke: Scrambled eggheads: ambivalent representations of scientists in six Hollywood film comedies from 1961 to 1965
Public Understanding of Science 2007 16: 407-419. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Matthew C. Nisbet and Robert K. Goidel: Understanding citizen perceptions of science controversy: bridging the ethnographic—survey research divide
Public Understanding of Science 2007 16: 421-440. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Rachel Edford: The elegance of The Elegant Universe: unity, beauty, and harmony in Brian Greene's popularization of superstring theory
Public Understanding of Science 2007 16: 441-454. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

John H. Falk, Martin Storksdieck, and Lynn D. Dierking: Investigating public science interest and understanding: evidence for the importance of free-choice learning
Public Understanding of Science 2007 16: 455-469. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Wei Qin and J. Lynne Brown: Public reactions to information about genetically engineered foods: effects of information formats and male/female differences
Public Understanding of Science 2007 16: 471-488. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Elisabetta Falchetti, Silvia Caravita, and Alessandra Sperduti: What do laypersons want to know from scientists? An analysis of a dialogue between scientists and laypersons on the web site Scienzaonline
Public Understanding of Science 2007 16: 489-506. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]

Hasok Chang: Book review: Katherine Anderson, Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2005). x + 331 pp. ISBN 0226019683, $45.00 (hardback)
Public Understanding of Science 2007 16: 507-508. [PDF]

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