A few of you have been asking about things to do/read/see to support university applications or as extension.
I have been reading the book "Risk" by Dan Gardner today and highly recomment it. It goes beyond the material covered in the book but is a fascinating account, combining pyschological and sociological research, of how we perceive risk and how this shapes our perception of the world. There are some links directly to our course - for example, Chapter 6 "The Herd Senses Danger", has some interesting examples relating to science as a belief system. Did you know that male scientists are less likely to see nuclear power as risky than female scientists? The sociological and cultural reasons for this are explored and clearly explained.
Well worth reading.
Mr C
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