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Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming
"Merchants of Doubt " tells the controversial story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades.The...
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| Auteurs principaux : | , |
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming / Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway |
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New York, Berlin, London :
Bloomsbury Press
, C 2010 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (355 p.) |
| Contenu : | Doubt is our product. Strategic defense, phony facts and the creation of the George C. Marshall Institute. Sowing the seeds of doubt : acid rain. Constructing a counternarrative : the fight over the ozone hole. What's bad science? Who decides? The fight over secondhand smoke. The denial of global warming. Denial rides again : the revisionist attack on Rachel Carson. Conclusion : of free speech and free markets. Epilogue : a new view of science |
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| Résumé : | "Merchants of Doubt " tells the controversial story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades.The same individuals who claim the science of global warning is 'not settled' have also denied the truth about studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. 'Doubt is ou product', wrote one tobacco executive. These 'experts' supplied it. |
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| Bibliographie : | Notes bibliogr. p. 279-343. Index |
| ISBN : | 978-1-4088-2483-2 |