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ocn812509019 |
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OCoLC |
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20251028093324.0 |
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130607s2013 inua b 001 0 eng |
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2013017607 |
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(Sirsi) i9780253010292 |
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DLC |
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eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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874031226 |
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9780253010292 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0253010292 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780253010360 (ebook) |
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0253010365 (ebk.) |
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9780253010360 (ebk.) |
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(OCoLC)812509019 |
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(OCoLC)874031226 |
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pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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Q172.5.P77 |
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P69 2013 |
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VF$A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Prothero, Donald R. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Reality check : |
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how science deniers threaten our future / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Donald R. Prothero ; foreword by Michael Shermer ; Illustrations by Pat Linse. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
How science deniers threaten our future |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Bloomington and Indianapolis : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Indiana University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 369 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
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24 cm |
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text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Reality check -- Science, our candle in the darkness -- Betrayers of the truth: selling out science -- Making the environment the enemy: acid rain, the ozone hole, and the demonization of Rachel Carson -- Hot enough for you? The heated debate over a warming planet -- Gimme that old time religion: creationism, intelligent design, and the denial of humanity's place in nature -- Jenny's body count: playing Russian roulette with our children -- Victims of modern witch doctors: AIDS denialism -- If it quacks like a quack: snake-oil con artists in an era of medical science -- What's your sign? the ancient pseudoscience of astrology -- Down the slope of Hubbert's curve: the end of cheap oil and natural resources -- Far from the madding crowd: human overpopulation and its consequences -- The rejection of reality: how the denial of science threatens us all. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
The battles over evolution, climate change, childhood vaccinations, and the causes of AIDS, alternative medicine, oil shortages, population growth, and the place of science in our country, all are reaching a fevered pitch. Many people and institutions have exerted enormous efforts to misrepresent or flatly deny demonstrable scientific reality to protect their nonscientific ideology, their power, or their bottom line. To shed light on this darkness, the author explains the scientific process and why society has come to rely on science not only to provide a better life but also to reach verifiable truths no other method can obtain. He describes how major scientific ideas that are accepted by the entire scientific community (evolution, anthropogenic global warming, vaccination, the HIV cause of AIDS, and others) have been attacked with totally unscientific arguments and methods. He argues that science deniers pose a serious threat to society, as their attempts to subvert the truth have resulted in widespread scientific ignorance, increased risk of global catastrophes, and deaths due to the spread of diseases that could have been prevented. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Pseudoscience. |
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Science |
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Social aspects. |
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Science |
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Political aspects. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Pseudoscience. |
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fast |
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(OCoLC)fst01080912 |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Science |
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Political aspects. |
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fast |
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(OCoLC)fst01108343 |
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Science |
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Social aspects. |
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fast |
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(OCoLC)fst01108360 |
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Pseudowissenschaft. |
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gnd |
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Gesellschaft. |
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gnd |
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