Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming / Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway.
"Merchants of Doubt " tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades that link smoking...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Press,
[2010]
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Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Summary: | "Merchants of Doubt " tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades that link smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. |
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Physical Description: | 355 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-343) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781596916104 (hc.) 1596916109 (hc.) |