Jon Turney
Biographic Data
| ID | 5755947 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon Turney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon |
| FAMILY NAME | Turney |
| SIGNATURE | TURNEY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birkbeck, University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Footnotes to Frankenstein
Commentary for Public Understanding of Science special issue
Gaia
Forty years after it was first mooted, the idea that the biosphere acts on the global environment has become part of the conventional wisdom. But much more work remains to test details of the still controversial Gaia hypothesis, that this action regulates conditions on Earth in ways which suit the maintenance of life
Accounting for explanation in popular science texts—an analysis of popularized accounts of superstring theory
This paper argues that explanation is central to much science communication and seeks ways of describing explanation through text as it is achieved in popular science writing. It is suggested that a framework elaborated by Ogborn et al. (1996) for analyzing the explanatory performance of science teachers in the classroom may be adapted for analysis of popular texts. The suggestion is elaborated through an extended case study of popular works on s…
The Abstract Sublime
Telling the Facts of Life
Telling The Facts Of Life
Predictive medicine, genetics and schizophrenia
One of the developments frequently foreseen as an outcome of the human genome project is 'predictive medicine'. This is usually taken to mean identification of individuals with genetic risk factors for disease, followed by preventive measures. The paper examines the complications that may arise in efforts to realize this vision in relation to a particular condition often mentioned as a target for the new genetics: schizophrenia. This examination …
Public visions of genetics
Explaining Science in the Classroom
As it approaches its sixth birthday, Public Understanding of Science is about to undergo its first major rite of passage. From January 1998 the Editorship will be assumed by Dr Bruce Lewenstein, Associate Editor (USA), and the editorial locus will move from London to Ithaca in the State of New York. Ownership of the journal will continue to rest with IOP Publishing and the Science Museum, London; but, rightly and inevitably, the change of editors…
Life in the laboratory
Present-day public attitudes to biological manipulation are ambivalent, many surveys show. This paper explores evidence of earlier attitudes to experimental biology, before survey data exists, by examining published responses in the press to the idea that biologists would `create life'. This remarkable claim achieved wide currency in the early years of this century, particularly linked to the work of two prototypical `visible scientists': Jacques…
Teaching science communication
Science communication teaching is a growing area in the UK, and a recent conference brought together teachers of existing and proposed courses to share information and experience. Their courses were of several types, from purely media skills courses for working scientists to theoretical and academic courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students in science, science studies and journalism. The conference stressed the value of skills but also …
In the grip of the monstrous myth
Thinking about the human genome project
Mapping the Code: The Human Genome Project and the Choices of Modern Science, by Joel Davis, New York: John Wiley, 1990, 294 pages, hb $19.95 The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project, edited by Daniel J. Kevles and Leroy Hood, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992, 388 pages, hb £23.95. Mapping our Genes: The Genome Project and the Future of Medicine, by Lois Wingerson, New York: Plume, 1991, 338 pages, …
Telling The Facts Of Life
The Abstract Sublime
Thinking about the human genome project
Mapping the Code: The Human Genome Project and the Choices of Modern Science, by Joel Davis, New York: John Wiley, 1990, 294 pages, hb $19.95 The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project, edited by Daniel J. Kevles and Leroy Hood, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992, 388 pages, hb £23.95. Mapping our Genes: The Genome Project and the Future of Medicine, by Lois Wingerson, New York: Plume, 1991, 338 pages, …
Thinking about the human genome project
Mapping the Code: The Human Genome Project and the Choices of Modern Science, by Joel Davis, New York: John Wiley, 1990, 294 pages, hb $19.95 The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project, edited by Daniel J. Kevles and Leroy Hood, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992, 388 pages, hb £23.95. Mapping our Genes: The Genome Project and the Future of Medicine, by Lois Wingerson, New York: Plume, 1991, 338 pages, …
Teaching science communication
Science communication teaching is a growing area in the UK, and a recent conference brought together teachers of existing and proposed courses to share information and experience. Their courses were of several types, from purely media skills courses for working scientists to theoretical and academic courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students in science, science studies and journalism. The conference stressed the value of skills but also …
In the grip of the monstrous myth
Life in the laboratory
Present-day public attitudes to biological manipulation are ambivalent, many surveys show. This paper explores evidence of earlier attitudes to experimental biology, before survey data exists, by examining published responses in the press to the idea that biologists would `create life'. This remarkable claim achieved wide currency in the early years of this century, particularly linked to the work of two prototypical `visible scientists': Jacques…
Explaining Science in the Classroom
As it approaches its sixth birthday, Public Understanding of Science is about to undergo its first major rite of passage. From January 1998 the Editorship will be assumed by Dr Bruce Lewenstein, Associate Editor (USA), and the editorial locus will move from London to Ithaca in the State of New York. Ownership of the journal will continue to rest with IOP Publishing and the Science Museum, London; but, rightly and inevitably, the change of editors…
Public visions of genetics
Predictive medicine, genetics and schizophrenia
One of the developments frequently foreseen as an outcome of the human genome project is 'predictive medicine'. This is usually taken to mean identification of individuals with genetic risk factors for disease, followed by preventive measures. The paper examines the complications that may arise in efforts to realize this vision in relation to a particular condition often mentioned as a target for the new genetics: schizophrenia. This examination …
Telling the Facts of Life
Telling The Facts Of Life
Accounting for explanation in popular science texts—an analysis of popularized accounts of superstring theory
This paper argues that explanation is central to much science communication and seeks ways of describing explanation through text as it is achieved in popular science writing. It is suggested that a framework elaborated by Ogborn et al. (1996) for analyzing the explanatory performance of science teachers in the classroom may be adapted for analysis of popular texts. The suggestion is elaborated through an extended case study of popular works on s…
The Abstract Sublime
Gaia
Forty years after it was first mooted, the idea that the biosphere acts on the global environment has become part of the conventional wisdom. But much more work remains to test details of the still controversial Gaia hypothesis, that this action regulates conditions on Earth in ways which suit the maintenance of life
Commentary for Public Understanding of Science special issue
Footnotes to Frankenstein
Sociology (10 works) · Art (6 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Evolution and Science Education (4 works)