Creating Connections: Museums and the Public Understanding of Current Research

Chittenden, David [Editor]; Farmelo, Graham [Editor]; Lewenstein Cornell University, Bruce V. [Editor]; Nye, Bill [Foreword]; Airhart, Marc [Contributor]; , Sky [Contributor]; Alpert, Carol Lynn [Contributor]; Augenbraun, Eliene [Contributor]; Bell, Larry [Contributor]; Bonney, Rick [Contributor]; Borchelt, Rick [Contributor]; Bossert, Carol [Contributor]; Bruns, Peter J. [Contributor]; Cansfield-Smith, Christine [Contributor]; Chalmers, Neil Sir [Contributor]; Dean, Cornelia [Contributor]; Duensing, Sally [Contributor]; Durant, John [Contributor]; Einsiedel, Albert A. [Contributor]; Einsiedel, Edna F. [Contributor]; Falk, John H. [Contributor]; Hertle, Mark D. [Contributor]; Linde, Nancy [Contributor]; Martin, Laura [Contributor]; Mayfield

ISBN 10: 075910476X / ISBN 13: 9780759104761

Published by AltaMira Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating Connections: Museums and the Public Understanding of Current Research
• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075910476X
• ISBN 13: 9780759104761
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 22 ounces

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Synopsis

Science museums are in the business of making science accessible to the public-a public constantly bombarded with new information and research results. How the public understands this information will affect what they expect and take away from a museum's exhibits and programs. Creating Connections looks at the public understanding of research (PUR) and how it affects what science museums do. What are the opportunities and critical issues in PUR? What strategies are working and what are some pitfalls? What can be learned from the media's experiences with PUR? Creating Connections will be an invaluable resource for science museum professionals who want to guide their institutions and their visitors toward a new understanding of and appreciation for current research.

About the Authors

Bill Nye is a scientist, engineer, comedian, and inventor. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University where he studied under Carl Sagan, and worked on the 747 as an engineer at Boeing before creating and hosting his much-loved Emmy award-winning PBS/Discovery Channel show Bill Nye the Science Guy. He holds six Honorary Doctorate degrees from Lehigh University, Willamette University, Quinnipiac University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Goucher College, and Johns Hopkins, and teaches at Cornell regularly as a visiting professor.

Laura Martin is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Glasgow. Her publications include Benedikte Nauberts Neue Volksmarchen der Deutschen: Strukturen des Wandels and Narrative Feminine Identity and the Appearance of Woman in Some of the Shorter Fiction of Goethe, Kleist, Hawthorne and James.