http://science-society.com Just another CommonGroundPublishing weblog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:31:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From Samuel Arbesman at Boston.com When people think of knowledge, they generally think of two sorts of facts: facts that don’t change, like the height of Mount Everest or the capital of the United States, and facts that fluctuate constantly, like the temperature or the stock market close. But in between there ... http://science-society.com/2010/03/07/warning-your-reality-is-out-of-date-introducing-the-mesofact/ From John M. Broder in the New York Times: For months, climate scientists have taken a vicious beating in the media and on the Internet, accused of hiding data, covering up errors and suppressing alternate views. Their response until now has been largely to assert the legitimacy of the vast body ... http://science-society.com/2010/03/03/scientists-taking-steps-to-defend-work-on-climate/ From Steven Shapin in the London Review of Books: It has been history’s biggest birthday party. On or around 12 February 2009 alone – the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, ‘Darwin Day’ – there were more than 750 commemorative events in at least 45 countries, and, on or around 24 November, ... http://science-society.com/2010/02/07/the-darwin-show/ www.ScienceinSocietyConference.com Matthew Stanley teaches and researches the history and philosophy of science. He holds degrees in astronomy, religion, physics, and the history of science, and is interested in the connections between science and the wider culture. He is the author of Practical Mystic: Religion, Science, and A.S. Eddington, which examines how ... http://science-society.com/2010/01/28/new-york-university-professor-matthew-stanley-speaking-in-madrid/ From Paul Walman, The American Prospect As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama warmed the hearts of progressives when he promised to change "the posture of our federal government from being one of the most anti-science administrations in American history to one that embraces science and technology." And when he got into ... http://science-society.com/2010/01/26/can-obama-stop-the-war-on-science/ From Eric Benson and Justin Nobel in Guernica / a magazine of art and politics: While the aerospace community waits for February when President Obama will announce the 2011 budget, effectively setting NASA’s direction for the near future, aerospace engineer Robert Zubrin agitates for a manned mission to Mars. On a Saturday last ... http://science-society.com/2010/01/18/mars-or-bust/ The most recent issue, Volume 1, Number 3, of  The International Journal of Science in Society includes: Blogging as a Tool for Cultivating Scientific Thinking in Non-majors by Mary Gahbauer. Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change: Towards Reflexive Governance by David Wood and Laura Stocker. Synergy For Science Learning: An Interdisciplinary Partnership to Improve the Quality ... http://science-society.com/2010/01/04/science-in-society-journal-recently-published/ The most recent issue, Volume 1, Number 3, of  The International Journal of Science in Society includes: Bensalem and the Failure of Atlantis: Francis Bacon’s Moral Conditions for Utopia by Steven Matthews. Usability Engineering and Technology Integration in Libraries by Anthony Chow and Tim Bucknall. The Role of Virtues in the Practice of Clinical Medicine ... http://science-society.com/2009/12/28/science-in-society-journal-volume-1-number-3/ John Markoff reviews W. Brian Arthur's The Nature of Technology in the New York Times, The popular view is that technology is the handmaiden of science — less pure, more commercial. But in “The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves,” W. Brian Arthur, an economist, reframes the ... http://science-society.com/2009/12/24/1206/ The third issue of  Volume 1 of The International Journal of Science in Society has now been published. Volume 1, Number 3 includes: Recombinant Technology Improves Lives by Icy D’Silva and J. Christopher Hall. Class and Society in the Digital Age: The New Suzerains by Michael J. Lynch and Douglas McConatha. Computational Science: Not Just ... http://science-society.com/2009/12/21/science-in-society-journal-volume-1-number-3-available/