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The Resource 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, (electronic resource)

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, (electronic resource)

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"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
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (400 pages)
Contents
  • Doubt is our product
  • Strategic defense, phony facts and the creation of the George C. Marshall Institute
  • Sowing the seeds of doubt : acid rain
  • Constructing a counter-narrative : the fight over the ozone hole
  • What's bad science? Who decides? The fight over second-hand smoke
  • The denial of global warming
  • Denial rides again : the revisionist attack on Rachel Carson
  • Conclusion of free markets and free speech
  • Epilogue : a new view of science
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9781608192939
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Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming
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Merchants of doubt
Title remainder
how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming
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Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
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Language
eng
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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TEFOD
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Oreskes, Naomi
Dewey number
174/.95
Index
index present
LC call number
Q147
LC item number
.O74 2010eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1965-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Conway, Erik M.
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  • Scientists
  • Science news
  • Democracy and science
  • SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
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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, (electronic resource)
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unknown
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Doubt is our product -- Strategic defense, phony facts and the creation of the George C. Marshall Institute -- Sowing the seeds of doubt : acid rain -- Constructing a counter-narrative : the fight over the ozone hole -- What's bad science? Who decides? The fight over second-hand smoke -- The denial of global warming -- Denial rides again : the revisionist attack on Rachel Carson -- Conclusion of free markets and free speech -- Epilogue : a new view of science
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ocn726880041
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (400 pages)
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unknown
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online
Isbn
9781608192939
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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not applicable
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unknown
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unknown sound
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remote
Stock number
546C875E-7A6C-4517-9AFE-39E7B2FAD830
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o726880041
  • (OCoLC)726880041
Label
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, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Doubt is our product -- Strategic defense, phony facts and the creation of the George C. Marshall Institute -- Sowing the seeds of doubt : acid rain -- Constructing a counter-narrative : the fight over the ozone hole -- What's bad science? Who decides? The fight over second-hand smoke -- The denial of global warming -- Denial rides again : the revisionist attack on Rachel Carson -- Conclusion of free markets and free speech -- Epilogue : a new view of science
Control code
ocn726880041
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (400 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781608192939
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
546C875E-7A6C-4517-9AFE-39E7B2FAD830
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o726880041
  • (OCoLC)726880041

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