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Author Grant, John, 1949-

Title Denying science : conspiracy theories, media distortions, and the war against reality / John Grant.

Imprint Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  174.95 G767de 2011    ---  Available
Description 374 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-357) and index.
Contents Unless we think, we aren't -- God told me to deny -- "The law is an ass" -- Thoroughly uncomplementary -- Puffing the product -- Paying with their lives -- The Antivaxers -- The AIDS "controversy" -- Selfish help -- Dissent about descent -- We're (badly) designed -- No safe classroom? -- Evolution -- Eugenically speaking -- Social Darwinism -- It's the ecology, stupid -- So, what was the weather like in 2010? -- Global weirding -- Marketing climate denialism -- Climate denialism : dramatis personae.
Summary "... Reminds us that the future of free, increasingly complex societies depends on the ability of an educated citizenry to think clearly and critically and make decisions based on reliable information"--Jacket.
Subject Science -- Political aspects.
Science -- Social aspects.
ISBN 9781616143992 (cloth : alk. paper)
1616143991 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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