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Pertinent Discussions on The Importance of Communicating Science

  • Unscientific America - How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, discusses threats posed by scientific illiteracy as well as what they believe to be the sources of this problem. An article in Science reviews the book.
  • The National Association of Science Writers explains why helping science journalists to effectively communicate science to the public is critically important to society.

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