Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate the four popular science books (Billions and Billions, Remarkable Discoveries!, The Two Cultures, and The Chase of the Golden Meteor) pressed by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) in terms of the determined nature of science (NOS) aspects (Experimental nature of the scientific knowledge, Cultural and social embeddedness in scientific knowledge, The tentativeness of scientific knowledge, and Creativity in scientific knowledge). At the end of the investigation, it was assessed whether these books can be used as an effective teaching tool in terms of the NOS or not. Qualitative paradigm dominated this research and document analysis was used as a method. In this context, researchers made a content analysis of these four books involved in this research according to determined four NOS aspects (tentativeness of scientific knowledge, empirical nature of scientific knowledge, the social and cultural embeddedness of scientific knowledge, and the creativity in scientific knowledge). The researchers analyzed independently the book Billions and Billions for interrater reliability, calculated Kappa scores, and consensus settled. After that one researcher continued the content analysis process for other books. According to research results, the books named Billions and Billions and especially Remarkable Discoveries presents a richer content for the determined NOS aspects than, Two Cultures and The Chase of the Golden Meteor. The topics covered by popular science resources and the place and importance of this content in education, its availability, its writing style and usability were discussed.
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