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The war on science : who's waging it, why it matters, what we can do about it / Shawn Otto.

Van Pelt Library Q175.5 .O88 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Otto, Shawn Lawrence, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science--Political aspects.
Science.
Science--Political aspects--History.
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Social aspects--History.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
x, 514 pages ; 23 cm
Edition:
First Edition.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2016.
Contents:
Part I Democracy's Science Problem
1 The War on Science 3
2 The Politics of Science 43
Part II The History of Modern Science Politics
3 Religion, Meet Science 57
4 Science, Meet Freedom 77
5 Gimme Shelter 97
6 Science, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll 119
7 The Rise of the Antiscience News Media 151
Part III The Three-Front War on Science
8 The Identity Politics War on Science 171
9 The Ideological War on Science 205
10 The Industrial War on Science 257
Part IV Winning the War
11 Freedom and the Commons 341
12 Battle Plans 369
13 Truth and Beauty 413.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Otto, Shawn Lawrence. War on science.
ISBN:
9781571313539
1571313532
OCLC:
941714640

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