Denying science : conspiracy theories, media distortions, and the war against reality / John Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, John, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Political aspects.

Science.

Science--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

374 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.

Summary:

Many Americans follow religious or political ideology on scientific matters. Other factors cited as contributing to this anti- science brew are scientists' history of resisting new ideas, media sensationalism, special interest groups, and the postmodern view of "facts" as social constructs. Grant, a prolific popular science writer, presents a survey of bogus thinking in relation to debates over such major issues as climate change, evolution, the purported link between autism and vaccines, complementary and alternative medicine, and the AIDS epidemic. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Unless we think, we aren't

God told me to deny

"The law is an ass"

Thoroughly uncomplementary

Puffing the product

Paying with their lives

The Antivaxers

The AIDS "controversy"

Selfish help

Dissent about descent

We're (badly) designed

No safe classroom?

Evilution

Eugenically speaking

Social Darwinism

It's the ecology, stupid

So, what was the weather like in 2010?

Global weirding

Marketing climate denialism

Climate denialism : dramatis personae.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781616143992

1616143991

OCLC:

679931820