Scientific Knowledge

By Aviv J. Sharon, Jim Ryder, Jonathan Osborne, Esther Laslo & Hani Swirski Individuals need to be "science literate" to cope with many demands of everyday life, and much of their science literacy stems from what they learned at school. These are hardly new claims, neither in science education nor in science communication. Still, the term "science literacy" might sound old-fashioned to some

Brian Trench has been appointed book reviews editor of Public Understanding of Science with immediate effect. Brian aims to have books reviewed within a year, at most, of their publication. Most reviews will be shorter (e.g. 750 words) reviews of single publications and a small number will be longer (e.g. 2,500 words) comparative review-essays covering several publications. Brian