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Misunderstanding science?
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Alan Irwin
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Brian Wynne
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2009
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Cambridge University Press
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9780511563737
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1996
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2009
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10.1017/CBO9780511563737
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Book chapters
pp. 1
Introduction
pp. 19
Misunderstood misunderstandings: social identities and public uptake of science
pp. 47
Science and Hell's kitchen: the local understanding of hazard issues
pp. 65
Disembodied knowledge? Making sense of medical science
pp. 84
Now you see it, now you don't: mediating science and managing uncertainty in reproductive medicine
pp. 107
Ignoring science: discourses of ignorance in the public understanding of science
pp. 126
Insiders and outsiders: identifying experts on home ground
pp. 152
Authorising science: public understanding of science in museums
pp. 172
Nature's advocates: putting science to work in environmental organisations
pp. 191
Proteins, plants, and currents: rediscovering science in Britain
pp. 213
Conclusions
pp. 226
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