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Informationen zum Autor Susan Pearce if Director of the Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. Klappentext The relationship between science and the public is one of the great contemporary debates, involving questions of accountability, resource, the construction of knowledge and its legal implications. Mutual understanding between scientists and non-scientists is a key figure in the dialogue and here the interpretation of science in museums has a significant part to play. Zusammenfassung The debate on the relationship between science and the public involves questions of accountability, resource, the construction of knowledge and its legal implications. This book aims to promote understanding between scientists and non-scientists and the interpretation of science in museums. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Editorial Introduction By Susan M. PearceMuseums and Geology By P. S. DoughtyThe Roller-Coaster of Museum Geology By Simon KnellPresenting Science as Product or as Process: Museums and the Making of Science By Ken ArnoldA Conflict of Cultures: Hands-On Science Centres in UK Museums By Ian SimmonsScience and its Stakeholders: The Making of 'Science in American Life' By Arthur Molella, Carlene StephensCommunication Strategies in Interactive Spaces By Gillian Thomas, Tim CaultonMindful Play! or Mindless Learning!: Modes of Exploring Science in Museums By Ibrahim YahyaScience Museums, or Just Museums of Science? By John DurantAustralian Interventions: 'The Artist and the Museum' Series, Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne By Rebecca DuclosWriting about Art Exhibition Catalogues: A Literature Review By Pnina WentzThe Museum of Women's Art: Towards a Culture of Difference By Beverley ButlerHealth Matters in Science Museums: A Review By Raj KaushikCall for papers for forthcoming volumes Editorial policy Notes on contributors Index
