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Title The curious country : the role of science in Australian society / edited by Leigh Dayton.

Publication Info. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2013.

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Summary By definition scientists are an inquisitive lot. But what are the scientific curiosities and concerns on the minds of Australians? What worries them, baffles them, and sets their curiosity meter to 10 out of 10? To find out, the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) took the nation?s intellectual temperature, surveying 1186 Australians: men and women aged 18 to 65, from all education levels and locations around Australia. The results frame this book: a collection of essays covering the diverse areas of science Australians are curious about. Edited by eminent science writer Leigh Dayton and including a foreword from Australia's Chief Scientist, Ian Chubb. The collection covers a range of issues, including food and farming technology, environmental upheaval, health, fuel and energy technology and space exploration.
Subject Science -- Social aspects -- Australia.
Technology -- Social aspects -- Australia.
Science and civilization.
Public opinion -- Australia.
Essays.
Essays. (OCoLC)fst00915437
Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01082785
Science and civilization. (OCoLC)fst01108517
Science -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01108360
Technology -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01145202
Australia. (OCoLC)fst01204543
Added Author Dayton, Leigh, editor.
ISBN 9781925021363 (electronic bk.)
192502136X (electronic bk.)
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