The war on science : who's waging it, why it matters, what we can do about it /

Examines the current state of science in the political sphere, looking at how strategies for alleviating global warming are resisted by powerful interests and faith-based objections to the teaching of evolution erupt from the public. The politicization of science is nothing new, of course. Ever sinc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Otto, Shawn Lawrence (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Science > Political aspects.
Science > Political aspects > History.
Science > Social aspects.
Science > Social aspects > History.
Sciences > Aspect politique.
Sciences > Aspect politique > Histoire.
Sciences > Aspect social.
Sciences > Aspect social > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Science > Political aspects
Science > Social aspects
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Democracy's science problem. The war on science
  • The politics of science
  • The history of modern science politics. Religion, meet science
  • Science, meet freedom
  • Gimme shelter
  • Science, drugs, and rock 'n' roll
  • The rise of the antiscience news media
  • The three-front war on science. The identity politics war on science
  • The ideological war on science
  • The industrial war on science
  • Winning the war. Freedom and the commons
  • Battle plans
  • Truth and beauty.

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