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Dear Josh, There was a lot of interest in the factual knowledge of the public around the time of the Bodmer Report (1986?). But it went out of fashion a bit with decline of the Deficit Hypothesis and the rise of engagement. John Durant (now at Harvard, I think) led a big study, published in Nature around 1985-6. Perhaps there have been follow-up surveys. Sorry I can't give you details. I'm on a plane just about to take off. Best wishes, Colin Blakemore Sent from my iPhone > On 15 Oct 2015, at 11:25, Joshua Howgego <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm looking for some research about how well the UK public understands science. A search of the PSI-COMM archive reveals lots of discussion about the Public Attitudes to Science survey, but this doesn't seem to include anything on how much the public understand e.g. evolution, quantum theory etc -- and that's what I'm after. > > Can anyone point me to some info on this? Surveys themselves or organisations that have done this sort of thing would be good to know about. > > With thanks, > Josh > > > -- > > Josh Howgego > Science journalist > > www.joshuahowgego.co.uk > +44 (0) 7974 399776 > > > ********************************************************************** > Commands - send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) > > • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • Subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com > > Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print > > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** Commands - send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • Subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************