how irrational thinking hinders scientific progress, harms the planet, and threatens our lives /
First Statement of Responsibility
Michael Specter.
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New York :
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Penguin Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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294 pages ;
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24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Vioxx and the fear of science -- Vaccines and the great denial -- The organic fetish -- The era of echinacea -- Race and the language of life -- Surfing the exponential.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An assessment of the ways in which the scientific community is mistrusted cites the consequences of such fear-based behaviors as the avoidance of vaccines, the banning of genetically modified crops, and the denouncement of the pharmaceutical industry.
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