false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1238441665m/5741758.jpg 5741758 1 <DIV><DIV>Climate change, the energy crisis, nuclear proliferation—many of the most urgent problems of twenty-first century require scientific solutions. And yet Americans are paying less and less attention to scientists. For every five hours of cable news, less than a minute is devoted to science; 46 percent of Americans believe that God, not evolution, created life on earth; the number of newspapers with science sections has shrunk from ninety-five to thirty-three since 1989. The disconnect between the scientific community and American culture grows wider every day.<P>In <I>Unscientific America</I>, journalist and best-selling author Chris Mooney and scientist Sheril Kirshenbaum explain how corporate interests, a weak education system, science-phobic politicians, and hyperspecialized scientists have created this dangerous state of affairs. They also propose a broad array of initiatives that could reverse the current trend and lead to the greater integration of science into our national discourse—before it is too late.</DIV> 5913450 25 5 2009 Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future total:38|5:4|4:11|3:12|2:10|1:1| 38 121 185 25 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:20:13 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:37:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 06:47:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 07:04:24 -0700 2009
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Only 18 percent of Americans know a scientist personally and even fewer than that can name the government's top two scientific agencies.

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