Massimiano Bucchi – Science in Society

Routledge: London & New York, 2004 £ 16.99 paperback The world around us has been shaped by science and man’s relationship to it, and in recent years sociologists have been increasingly preoccupied with the latter. In Science in Society, Massimiano Bucchi provides a brief and approachable introduction to this sociological issue. Without assuming any scientific…

Better understanding museum visitors.

New questions have become central to the concerns of all museum and exhibition directors: with what motivations and expectations do people visit a museum or exhibition? Do they think they will enhance their knowledge, or perhaps be entertained? And, above all, what do they ‘take home’ in terms of learning after the visit? The book…