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How the internet disrupted science / Kent Anderson and Joy Moore.

Van Pelt Library Q225.5 .A53 2026
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Anderson, Kent (Kent R.), Author.
Moore, Joy (Consultant), author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Scientific literature--Moral and ethical aspects.
Scientific literature.
Science publishing--Moral and ethical aspects.
Science publishing.
Internet--Moral and ethical aspects.
Internet.
Information literacy.
Misinformation.
Physical Description:
viii, 360 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Essex, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2026]
Summary:
"The untold story of how science has been corrupted by digital information, academic and professional incentives, strange political ideologies, and big money interests"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The purpose of publishers
The disruption of purpose
Trapped in the tech shrine
Tech overtakes science
An ad model for scientific claims
Everything counts, nothing matters
Search and destroy
Hackers in the stacks
This hell you call a dream
Cyberlibertarians at the gates
Fake plastic trees
Storage wars
Amateur hour
"Code is law"
The price of "free"
Open Access corrupts itself
Feudalism makes a comeback
Infiltrating the government
Not the same as the old boss
What does an LLM "know"?
Unnatural science.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version Anderson, Kent (Kent R.) How the internet disrupted science
ISBN:
9781493094400
1493094408
OCLC:
1547283645
Publisher Number:
90104832279

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