Merchants of doubt: how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming
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"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.
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Oreskes, N., & Conway, E. M. (2011). Merchants of doubt: how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming. Paperback edition. New York, Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Oreskes, Naomi and Erik M. Conway. 2011. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth On Issues From Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. New York, Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Oreskes, Naomi and Erik M. Conway, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth On Issues From Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. New York, Bloomsbury Press, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Oreskes, Naomi, and Erik M. Conway. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth On Issues From Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. Paperback edition. New York, Bloomsbury Press, 2011.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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