When science becomes culture : world survey of scientific culture : proceedings 1 / edited by Bernard Schiele ; studies coordinated by Bernard Schiele, Michel Amyot, Claude Benoit.

Boucherville, Quebec : University of Ottawa Press, [1994], ©1994.

xix, 455 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Issued also in French under title: Quand la science se fait culture.

Proceedings of a conference held in Montréal, Quebec, April 10-13 1994.

Includes bibliographical references.

Québec: overview of scientific and technological culture and assessment of government action -- Science culture in Canada -- A survey of activities in public communication of science and technology in the United States -- Popularization of science in Mexico: an approach -- Public understanding of science and technology : a European audit -- Making science go, round the public -- Scientific culture in Africa : culture of crisis, crisis of culture -- Public communication of science and technology in Australia -- Scientific literacy in Japan : historical and cultural permeation and current changes.