Fool me twice : fighting the assault on science in America / Shawn Lawrence Otto.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Rodale : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, c2011.Description: 376 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781605292175 (hardcover)
  • 1605292176 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q 172 .O88 2011
Contents:
Let's have a science debate -- Is science political? -- Religion, meet science -- Science, meet freedom -- Gimme shelter -- Science, drugs, and rock 'n' roll -- American antiscience -- The descent of thought -- Teaching evolution : the values battle -- Climate change : the money battle -- Freedom and the commons -- Talking about science in America -- Rethinking our religion -- On truth and beauty.
Summary: Reveals how social and policy changes are failing to support scientific research in such key areas as climate change, energy, and genetics, counseling readers on how to overcome such challenges as political denials and a lack of scientific government expertise.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection Q 172 .O88 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98647721

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Let's have a science debate -- Is science political? -- Religion, meet science -- Science, meet freedom -- Gimme shelter -- Science, drugs, and rock 'n' roll -- American antiscience -- The descent of thought -- Teaching evolution : the values battle -- Climate change : the money battle -- Freedom and the commons -- Talking about science in America -- Rethinking our religion -- On truth and beauty.

Reveals how social and policy changes are failing to support scientific research in such key areas as climate change, energy, and genetics, counseling readers on how to overcome such challenges as political denials and a lack of scientific government expertise.

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