American public understanding of science: 1979-2006

The Culture of Science: How the Public Relates to Science Across the Globe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 55-75

  Losh, Susan Carol ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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