Dialogue guides awareness and understanding of science: An essay on different goals of dialogue leading to different science communication approaches

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-103

  Van Der Sanden, Maarten C A ^a   Meijman, Frans J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 37449018599     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506067376     Document Type: Article

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