Unscientific America : how scientific illiteracy threatens our future / Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum.

New York : Basic Books, [2009], ©2009.

xiii, 209 pages ; 25 cm

From a scientist and a writer -- Why Pluto matters ; Rethinking the problem of scientific illiteracy -- The rise and cultural decline of American science. From Sputnik to Sagan ; Third culture, or nerd culture? -- Different rifts, still divided. Science Escape 2008 ; Unpopular science ; Hollywood and the mad scientists ; Bruising their religion -- The future in our bones. The bloggers cannot save us ; Is our scientists learning? [sic] -- A new mission for American science.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-198) and index.