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.
| Author/creator | Oreskes, Naomi author. |
| Other author | Conway, Erik M., 1965- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Paperback edition. |
| Publication | New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2011. |
| Copyright Date | ©2010 |
| Description | 355 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming |
| 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 Counternarrative : The Fight over the Ozone Hole -- What's Bad Science? Who Decides? The Fight over Secondhand Smoke -- The Denial of Global Warming -- Denial Rides Again : The Revisionist Attack on Rachel Carson -- Conclusion : Of Free Speech and Free Markets -- Epilogue : A New View of Science. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| General note | First published in [hardcover] 2010. |
| General note | "The book that inspired the film Merchants of Doubt". --- From cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-343) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781608193943 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1608193942 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | Q147 .O74 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |