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Authored by: Bernard on Monday, September 24 2012 @ 08:22 PM EDT |
Oh, that's nothing new, they've been trying character
assassination for years.
I know a very scientifically literate man, who has a deep
character flaw - he's an avowed Republican supporter, and as
a consequence, if Al Gore says climate change is happening,
then in his mind, it obviously must *not* be happening...
It probably doesn't help that he thinks Fox is "providing
balance" to news coverage. But then, some of the blogs he
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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, September 25 2012 @ 12:15 AM EDT |
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues
from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
2010 by Naomi Oreskes and Erik
M.
Conway. Bloomsbury Press, New York. ISBN 978-1-60819-394-3. 355 pages, 698
citations.
From the Author Notes:
"Naomi Oreskes is a professor of
history and science studies at University of
Califronia San Diego. Her study
"Beyond the Ivory Tower," published in
Science, was a milestone in the
fight against global warming denial. Erik M. Conway has published four previous
books, including
Atmospheric Science at NASA: A History.
"Ever wonder how the terms `liberty' and `freedom'
got all
tangled up in fake science, how industry friendly think-tanks got
their start, or what motivates scientists to sell out beyond the
obvious?
Merchants of Doubt expertly follows the historical twists and turns to
answer all those questions and more in exquisite detail translated
into
entertaining narratives easily digested by readers from all
backgrounds...
This book should be a staple for any scientists or
those interested in
science, especially journalists and others
whose work intersects or
informs public policy. (This would be you, PJ.) Merchants of
Doubt will not only
leave you better equipped to combat the propaganda
now packaged and
fed to an unsuspecting public as legitimate science on a
daily
basis, it is meticulously researched and wonderfully written."
--Austin Science Policy Examiner
"If you read just one
book on climate change this year, read
Merchants of Doubt. If you have
time to read two,
read it again." ---Grist.
Ed L. (not logged in)
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