An edition of Merchants of Doubt (2010)
Merchants of doubt
how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming
By Naomi Oreskes,Erik M. Conway
Publish Date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Language
eng
Pages
355
Description:
"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.
subjects: Moral and ethical aspects, Science news, Democracy and science, Scientists, Professional ethics, Tobacco Smoke Pollution, Global Warming, Recherche, Scientifiques, Déontologie professionnelle, Démocratie, Exocet, Berufsethik, Fehlinformation, Wissenschaft, Forskare, Yrkesetik, Vetenskap och politik, Forskningspolitik, Passive smoking, Sciences, Vulgarisation, Aspect moral, Démocratie et sciences, Tabagisme passif, Réchauffement de la Terre, Impact of science & technology on society, SCIENCE, Philosophy & Social Aspects