Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Naomi Oreskes
yhteensä 24 hakutulosta
Merchants of Doubt
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 …
The Big Myth
Merchants of Doubt
"Merchants of Doubt should finally put to rest the question of whether the science of climate change is settled. It is, and we ignore this message at our peril."-Elizabeth Kolbert …
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
"An immense scholarly feat."-New Yorker * " A] scorching indictment of free market fundamentalism . . . and how we can change, before it's too late."-Esquire The bestselling …
Why Trust Science?
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 …
The Collapse of Western Civilization
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, …
Varför ska man lita på vetenskapen?
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 …
Collapse of Western Civilization
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, …
The Rejection of Continental Drift
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 …
Climate Change Denial
Humans have always used denial. When we are afraid, guilty, confused, or when something interferes with our self-image, we tend to deny it. Yet denial is a delusion. When it …
Climate Change Denial
Humans have always used denial. When we are afraid, guilty, confused, or when something interferes with our self-image, we tend to deny it. Yet denial is a delusion. When it …
Science on a Mission
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 …