Main Title |
Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming / |
Author |
Oreskes, Naomi.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Bloomsbury Press, |
Year Published |
2010 |
OCLC Number |
461631066 |
ISBN |
9781596916104 (hc.); 1596916109 (hc.) |
Subjects |
Scientists--Professional ethics ;
Science news--Moral and ethical aspects ;
Democracy and science
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
Q147 .O74 2010 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
10/04/2010 |
STATUS |
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Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
Collation |
355 p. ; 25 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-343) and index. |
Contents Notes |
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. "Merchants of Doubt " tells the 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 that link smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. |
Place Published |
New York |
PUB Date Free Form |
c2010 |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2009043183 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20100930125707 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02297cam 2200445 a 45020 |