What is scientific and technological culture and how is it measured? A multidimensional model

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-58

  Godin, Benoit ^a   Gingras, Yves ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0012655409     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-6625/9/1/303     Document Type: Article

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