The myth of scientific literacy /

• Main Author: Shamos, Morris H. (Morris Herbert), 1917-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �1995.
• Subjects: Science > Study and teaching > United States.; Literacy > United States.; Sciences > �Etude et enseignement > �Etats-Unis.; Culture scientifique et technique > �Etats-Unis.; SCIENCE > Study & Teaching.; Literacy.; Science > Study and teaching.; Natuurwetenschappen.; Onderwijs.; United States.; Electronic books.

Why do we make every schoolchild and college student take science? Does every American really need to be scientifically literate? In this provocative book, Morris Shamos, a physicist and science educator of very broad experience, argues that universal scientific literacy is a futile goal, and urges...