Shamos argues that a meaningful scientific literacy cannot be achieved in the first place, and the attempt is a misuse of human resources on a grand scale. He i

What is science? Is social science a science? Why are more and more so-called scientific discoveries being exposed as outright frauds? Henry Bauer tackles these

Shamos advocates instead a practical science education curriculum that grants the impossibility of every American's learning enough science to make independent

Achieving Scientific Literacy offers a broad vision for improving science education.

Published to glowing praise in 1990, Science for All Americans defined the science-literate American--describing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes all studen