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Denialism How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

by: Specter, Michael

Denialism How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

by: Specter, Michael

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9781594202308
ISBN 10:
1594202303
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/29/2009
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The

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In this provocative and headline-making book, "New Yorker" staff writer Specter reveals that Americans have come to mistrust institutions, especially the institution of science. The author examines this fear and its terrible toll on individuals and the planet.

Introduction	p. 1
Vioxx and the Fear of Science	p. 23
Vaccines and the Great Denial	p. 57
The Organic Fetish	p. 103
The Era of Echinacea	p. 147
Race and the Language of Life	p. 187
Surfing the Exponential	p. 225
Acknowledgments	p. 265
Notes	p. 269
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 281
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Denialism How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

Denialism How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

9781594202308

1594202303

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