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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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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (400 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781608192939
- Label
- Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming
- Title
- Merchants of doubt
- Title remainder
- how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming
- Statement of responsibility
- Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
- 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
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- 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
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Conway, Erik M.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Scientists
- Science news
- Democracy and science
- SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- 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)
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
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- 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
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- Extent
- 1 online resource (400 pages)
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- online
- Isbn
- 9781608192939
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- Stock number
- 546C875E-7A6C-4517-9AFE-39E7B2FAD830
- System control number
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- (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
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- 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
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- c
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- (Sirsi) o726880041
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