Oreskes, Naomi.

Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the tru th on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming / Naomi Oreskes an d Erik M. Conway. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2010. - 355 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-343) and index.

Doubt is our product -- Strategic defense, phony facts and the creat ion of the George C. Marshall Institute -- Sowing the seeds of doubt : acid rain -- Constructing a counter-narrative : the fight over the ozon e hole -- What's bad science? Who decides? The fight over second-hand s moke -- The denial of global warming -- Denial rides again : the revisi onist attack on Rachel Carson -- Conclusion of free markets and free sp eech -- Epilogue : a new view of science.

9781596916104 (alk. paper) 1596916109 (alk. paper)

2009-043183


Scientists-- Professional ethics.
Science news-- Moral and ethical aspects.
Democracy and science.

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