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Science under fire : challenges to scientific authority in modern America / Andrew Jewett.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jewett, Andrew, 1970- author.
Contributor:
EBSCOhost.
Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
Science.
Science--Social aspects--United States--History--21st century.
Science--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
Science--Political aspects--United States--History--21st century.
Science--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--History--20th century.
Science--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--History--21st century.
Political culture--United States.
Political culture.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Political aspects.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
Science--Moral and ethical aspects.
History.
Science--Political aspects.
Science--Social aspects.
United States.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Political aspects--United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (356 pages.)
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2020]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Introduction: Science by association
Making modern minds
Resisting the modern
A scientific state
Science and human behavior
Facts and values
Two cultures
A new right
Cross-fertilization
A new left
Skepticism instantiated
Beyond universalism
Conclusion: Scientific authority in pieces?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9780674247109
0674247108
Publisher Number:
99985881772
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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