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27 produkter
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
Av Erik M. Conway, Naomi Oreskes
Häftad, 2012
191 kr
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The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a …
Discerning Experts
The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy
Av Michael Oppenheimer, Naomi Oreskes m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
372 kr
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How do scientists evaluate environmental knowledge for public policy? Discerning Experts examines three sets of landmark environmental assessments involving acid rain, ozone depletion, and sea level rise, exploring how experts judge scientific evidence and determine what the scientific facts are. …
Big Myth
With a New Afterword by the Authors
Av Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway
Häftad, 2025
303 kr
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“[A] scorching indictment of free market fundamentalism . . . and how we can change, before it’s too late.”— Esquire The bestselling authors of Merchants of Doubt offer a profound, startling history of one of America’s most tenacious—and destructive—false ideas: the myth of the "free market." In …
Rejection of Continental Drift
Theory and Method in American Earth Science
E-bok, 1999
620 kr
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In the early twentieth century, American earth scientists were united in their opposition to the new--and highly radical--notion of continental drift, even going so far as to label the theory "unscientific." Some fifty years later, however, continental drift was heralded as a major scientific …
The Collapse of Western Civilization
A View from the Future
Häftad, 2014
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
112 kr
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The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought and-finally-the disaster now known as the Great Collapse of 2093, when the disintegration of the West …
Why Trust Science?
Av Naomi Oreskes, Stephen Macedo
Inbunden, 2019
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
219 kr
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Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthyDo doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own …
Plate Tectonics
An Insider's History Of The Modern Theory Of The Earth
Häftad, 2003
1011 kr
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Can anyone today imagine the earth without its puzzle-piece construction of plate tectonics? The very term, "plate tectonics," coined only thirty-five years ago, is now part of the vernacular, part of everyone's understanding of the way the earth works.The theory, research, data collection, and …
Why Trust Science?
E-bok, 2021
228 kr
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Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when so many of our political leaders don''t? …
The Rejection of Continental Drift
Theory and Method in American Earth Science
Häftad, 1999
1632 kr
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In the early 20th century, American earth scientists vociferously opposed the new, and highly radical, notion of continental drift. Yet 50 years later the same idea was heralded as a major scientific breakthrough, and today continental drift is accepted as a scientific fact. Why did American …
Discerning Experts
The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy
Av Milena Wazeck, Matthew Shindell m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
613 kr
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Discerning Experts assesses the assessments that many governments rely on to help guide environmental policy and action. Through their close look at environmental assessments involving acid rain, ozone depletion, and sea level rise, the authors explore how experts deliberate and decide on the …
Science on a Mission
How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know about the Ocean
Inbunden, 2021
401 kr
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What difference does it make who pays for science? Some might say none. If scientists seek to discover fundamental truths about the world, and they do so in an objective manner using well-established methods, then how could it matter who's footing the bill? History, however, suggests otherwise. In …
Science on a Mission
How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know about the Ocean
Häftad, 2022
322 kr
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A vivid portrait of how Naval oversight shaped American oceanography, revealing what difference it makes who pays for science.What difference does it make who pays for science?Some might say none. If scientists seek to discover fundamental truths about the world, and they do so in an objective …
Science and Technology in the Global Cold War
E-bok, 2014
601 kr
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Investigations of how the global Cold War shaped national scientific and technological practices in fields from biomedicine to rocket science. The Cold War period saw a dramatic expansion of state-funded science and technology research. Government and military patronage shaped Cold War …
Plate Tectonics
An Insider's History Of The Modern Theory Of The Earth
Inbunden, 2019
2510 kr
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Can anyone today imagine the earth without its puzzle-piece construction of plate tectonics? The very term, "plate tectonics," coined only thirty-five years ago, is now part of the vernacular, part of everyone's understanding of the way the earth works.The theory, research, data collection, and …
Plate Tectonics
An Insider''s History Of The Modern Theory Of The Earth
E-bok, 2018
1074 kr
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This book provides an overview of the history of plate tectonics, including in-context definitions of the key terms. It explains how the forerunners of the theory and how scientists working at the key academic institutions competed and collaborated until the theory coalesced.
Plate Tectonics
An Insider''s History Of The Modern Theory Of The Earth
E-bok, 2018
1074 kr
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This book provides an overview of the history of plate tectonics, including in-context definitions of the key terms. It explains how the forerunners of the theory and how scientists working at the key academic institutions competed and collaborated until the theory coalesced.
Why Trust Science?
Av Naomi Oreskes, Stephen Macedo
Häftad, 2021
222 kr
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Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthyAre doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when so many of our political leaders don't? …
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
Av Erik M. Conway, Naomi Oreskes
E-bok, 2011
184 kr
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The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. These scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a …
Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change
Av Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway
Häftad, 2011
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
232 kr
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Big Myth
How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
Av Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway
E-bok, 2023
323 kr
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“[A] scorching indictment of free market fundamentalism . . . and how we can change, before it''s too late.”- Esquire The bestselling authors of Merchants of Doubt offer a profound, startling history of one of America''s most tenacious-and destructive-false ideas: the myth of the "free market." In …
Mercaderes de la duda
Cómo un puñado de científicos ocultaron la verdad sobre el calentamiento global
Av Erik M. Conway, Naomi Oreskes
E-bok, 2020
140 kr
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Naomi Oreskes y Erik M. Conway cuentan la historia de cómo un grupo de científicos y asesores científicos de alto nivel, con profundas conexiones en el mundo de la política y de la industria, realizaron campañas efectivas para engañar al público y negar verdades científicas comprobadas a lo largo …
El gran mito
Cómo las empresas nos enseñaron a aborrecer el Gobierno y amar el libre mercado
Av Erik M. Conway, Naomi Oreskes
E-bok, 2024
166 kr
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En ''Mercaderes de la duda'', Naomi Oreskes y Erik M. Conway revelaron los orígenes del negacionismo del cambio climático. Ahora, desvelan la verdad sobre otro dogma desastroso: la "magia del mercado".A principios del siglo XX, las élites empresariales, las asociaciones comerciales, los poderosos …
Varför ska man lita på vetenskapen?
Häftad, 2021
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
155 kr
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Har forskarna rätt när de säger att vacciner är säkra? Ska vi tro på de experter som varnar oss för den globala uppvärmningen? Forskare är ju bara människor som kan ta fel, som har egna fördomar och intressen som påverkar hur de tänker och vad de säger. Naomi Oreskes försvarar vetenskapen utan att …
¿Por qué confiar en la ciencia?
E-bok, 2022
137 kr
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En ¿Por qué confiar en la ciencia? la profesora Naomi Oreskes ofrece respuestas claras y convincentes a las preguntas de cuándo y por qué los hallazgos científicos son confiables. Explica la base de la confianza en la ciencia en una prosa muy legible, e ilustra su argumento con vívidos ejemplos de …
Discerning Experts
The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy
Av Michael Oppenheimer, Naomi Oreskes m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1056 kr
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How do scientists evaluate environmental knowledge for public policy? Discerning Experts examines three sets of landmark environmental assessments involving acid rain, ozone depletion, and sea level rise, exploring how experts judge scientific evidence and determine what the scientific facts are. …
