Scientists as prophets : a rhetorical genealogy /

In this work, Lynda Walsh argues that our science advisors manufacture certainty for us in the face of the unknown. Through a series of cases reaching from the Delphic oracle to 17th-century London to Climategate, Walsh elucidates many of the problems with our current science-advising system.

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olman, Lynda C. (Lynda Christine), 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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Science > Social aspects > Forecasting.
Scientists > Moral and ethical aspects.
Sciences > Aspect social > Prévision.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
Science > Social aspects > Forecasting
Scientists > Moral and ethical aspects
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