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Author

Mooney, Chris (Chris C.)

Title The Republican war on science / Chris Mooney.

Imprint

New York : Basic Books, c2005.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	509.73 M779r 2005	---	Available

Description	ix, 342 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-328) and index.
Contents	Pt. 1 : Where it begins. The threat ; Political science 101 ; From FDR to Nixon ; "Creation science" and Reagan's "dream" ; Defenseless against the dumb ; Junking "sound science" -- Pt. 2 : The business of science. "The greatest hoax" ; Wine, jazz, and "data quality" ; Eating away at science ; Fishy science -- Pt. 3 : Scientific revelation. "Creation science" 2.0 ; Stemming research ; Sexed-up science -- Pt. 4 : The antiscience president. Bush league science -- Epilogue : What we can do.
Subject	Science -- Political aspects.
	Conservatism.
	Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
ISBN	0465046754 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard No.	9780465046751