| Description |
376 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Let's have a science debate -- Is science political? -- Religion, meet science -- Science, meet freedom -- Gimme shelter -- Science, drugs, and rock 'n' roll -- American antiscience -- The descent of thought -- Teaching evolution : the values battle -- Climate change : the money battle -- Freedom and the commons -- Talking about science in America -- Rethinking our religion -- On truth and beauty. |
| Summary |
Reveals how social and policy changes are failing to support scientific research in such key areas as climate change, energy, and genetics, counseling readers on how to overcome such challenges as political denials and a lack of scientific government expertise. |
| Subject |
Science -- United States.
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Science -- Study and teaching.
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 21st century.
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Learning and scholarship -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9781605292175 (hardcover) |
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1605292176 (hardcover) |
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