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Denialism: how irrational thinking hinders scientific progress, harms the planet, and threatens our lives

By Michael , Specter

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9781101151020, 9781594202308, 9781101149737, 1101149736, 1101151021
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
403 kB (412646 bytes)
Pages
294 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Préjugés;Research--Forecasting;SCIENCE / Philosoph

Description

An assessment of the ways in which the scientific community is mistrusted cites the consequences of such fear-based behaviors as the avoidance of vaccines, the banning of genetically modified crops, and the denouncement of the pharmaceutical industry.;Vioxx and the fear of science -- Vaccines and the great denial -- The organic fetish -- The era of echinacea -- Race and the language of life -- Surfing the exponential.

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