Joan Price Bayer: 3 books

Book cover of The Handbook of Nature
by Frank R. Spellman, Joan Price-Bayer
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011

The study of nature is a complex science involving many different fields from geology and meteorology to biology, zoology, and botany. This complexity indicates nature’s broad scope of impact. It is at once beautiful and dangerous, displaying power beyond human control. An understanding of the basic...
Book cover of In Defense of Science

In Defense of Science

Why Scientific Literacy Matters

by Frank R. Spellman, Joan Price-Bayer
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010

Today, only a few people outside of the scientific community are conversant with the tradition of science and its many breakthroughs. The rest are scientifically illiterate. So say Frank R. Spellman and Joni Price-Bayer, authors of In Defense of Science: Why Scientific Literacy Matters. This book...
Book cover of In Defense of Science

In Defense of Science

Why Scientific Literacy Matters

by Frank R. Spellman, Joan Price-Bayer
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018

In an era when many in the science community feel that science is under attack, In Defense of Science explains why ordinary citizens need to have an understanding of science, its methods, and its groundbreaking discoveries. The authors debunk several misconceptions of science and scientists, and advocate...
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