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Contemplating the contribution of popular science books to contemporary science communication is both exciting and daunting. Exciting because if you happen to like your science packaged in that good old-fashioned commodity the printed book there are more science titles in the bookstores now than ever before. Daunting for the same reason, and for a couple of others too.
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Turney, J. (2001). More than Story-Telling-Reflecting on Popular Science. In: Stocklmayer, S.M., Gore, M.M., Bryant, C. (eds) Science Communication in Theory and Practice. Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0620-0_3
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