Category Archives: public science

Science – a victim of framing?

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Chris Rowan

I can’t help thinking that there’s a certain irony that Chris Mooney and Matt Nisbet, who are talking about how to effectively advocate your point of view through framing, have managed to raise so many scientific hackles in the last … Continue reading →

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The perils of an empty frame

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Chris Rowan

An attempt to put my finger on precisely why the concept of framing vaguely troubles me.
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What do you want to know about geology?

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Thermochronic suggests that we in the Geoblogosphere should start paying a bit more attention to what is written about our areas of specialisation on Wikipedia. I’ve been vaguely toying with this idea for a while, especially since I’ve started on … Continue reading →

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Is Planet Earth too dumbed down to be interesting?

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Chris Rowan

There’s been some rather ambivalent first reactions to Planet Earth, the epic nature documentary which has just started to be broadcast over in the US by the Discovery Channel (I’ve already seen the whole series on the BBC when it … Continue reading →

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