Science and it's images - Promise and threat: From classic literature to contemporary students' images of science and the scientist

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Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-163

  Koren, Pazit ^a,b   Bar, Varda ^a,b  

^a Hebrew University of Jerusalem ^*  (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards science; Classical literature; Dilemma; Ethics; High school students; Israel; Models of science and scientists; Moral judgment; Popular books; Scientific concepts; Scientist's image

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949168555     PISSN: 08264805     EISSN: 15731790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10780-009-9088-1     Document Type: Article

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