Table of Contents

'Everybody needs Standards', bases of decision
making
'What science cannot discover, mankind cannot know'?, beliefs and values about science
'Every comparison has a limp', language, concepts and models
'Wanted! Alive or dead', environmental beliefs and values
'In the beginning...', cosmology and creation
'Publish and be damned'?, the Galileo affair
'God knows what the public will think', the Darwinian controversies
References
Index.

Reviews

"It will be of considerable interest and value to all science teachers at any level." - Aslib Book List "...admirably suitable for science teacher education courses and for senior school science and STS courses." - Science and Education "This is an excellent book for use inscience education in a Christian context, and as a book for adult consideration of these important topics." - Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith "...an excellent introduction for teachers and trainee teachers of science to the complex web of theories of knowledge, moral philosophy, theories of learning and the nature of science." - School Science Review "A highly readable and topical survey of the subject, exposing the hidden assumptions behind much of science teaching and giving an excellent summary of many of the emerging ideas in science." - Scientific & Medical Network "An excellent handbook for teachers." - Gen Ethics "...an invaluable reference." - Spectrum 28:2 "...written with such clarity and lack of scientific jargon it should prove profitable reading for anyone." - Science and Christian Belief "The books overwhelming merit is that it helps to fill amajor deficiency in books available in the values area of science. Every school/departmental library should possess a copy." - Australian Science Teachers Journal