Creating Connections

David Chittenden is Vice President for Education at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Graham Farmelo is Director of the Dana Centre project at the Science Museum, London and Associate Professor of Physics at Northeastern University. Bruce V. Lewenstein is Associate Professor of Science Communication at Cornell University.

The writing and editing in this compilation is excellent. . . Creating Connections is a useful, well-written book. I recommend ittttt

• Part 1 ForewordPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 Introduction: Only Connect: Linking the Public with Current Scientific ResearchPart 4 SECTION 1: ON THE HISTORY AND CHALLENGES OF PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF RESEARCHChapter 5 1. La buona e non mascherata filosofia, or the ExhibitionistsChapter 6 2. The Challenge and the Opportunity of Presenting "Unfinished Science"Part 7 SECTION 2: PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF RESEARCH: THE BIG OPPORTUNITIES AND ISSUESChapter 8 3. Different Ways of Looking at Public Understanding of ResearchChapter 9 4. Museums as Agora: Diversifying Approaches to Engaging Publics in ResearchChapter 10 5. Evaluating Public Understanding of Research Projects and InitiativesChapter 11 6. What About the Audiences?: Tailoring Public Understanding of Research Programs for Museum VisitorsChapter 12 7. Dangerous Ground?: Public Engagement with Scientific ControversyChapter 13 8. Improving Public Understanding of Scientific Research: A View from the Research SideChapter 14 9. New Alliances to Promote the Public Understanding of ResearchChapter 15 10. Collaboration and the Public Understanding of Current ResearchChapter 16 11. Funding and Institutional Issues Related to Public Understanding of ResearchPart 17 SECTION 3: SOME EMERGING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF RESEARCH STRATEGIES AND APPROACHESChapter 18 12. Understanding the Process of ResearchChapter 19 13. Production Aspects of Promoting Public Understanding of ResearchChapter 20 14. Bridging the Gap: Interpreting Current Research in Museum SettingsChapter 21 15. At the Cutting Edge: Showcasing Research Through a Public Exhibition CenterChapter 22 16. Catching Science in the Act: The Mysteries of ÇatalhöyükChapter 23 17. Public Understanding of Research in a Natural History Museum: The Darwin CentrePart 24 SECTION 4: WHAT MUSEUMS CAN LEARN FROM MEDIA PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF RESEARCH INITIATIVESChapter 25 18. Emerging Best Practices at Research-Performing InstitutionsChapter 26 19. It's the Way You Tell 'EmChapter 27 20. Covering Science at the New York TimesChapter 28 21. Nova: The Leading EdgeChapter 29 22. Earth and Sky: Some Challenges of Communicating Scientific Research on the RadioChapter 30 23. Crossing the Public and Commercial Broadcasting BarriersPart 31 Afterword: Not so Fast: Some Thoughts on Re-Visioning Public Understanding of ResearchPart 32 Appendix: Background and Thoughts on Museums, Media and the Public Understanding of Research: An International Working ConferencePart 33 Bibliography for Public Understanding of ResearchPart 34 IndexPart 35 About the Contributors