Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the tru th on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming - Oreskes, Naomi; Conway, Erik M., 1965- (New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-343) and index.
Keywords: Scientists -- Professional ethics; Science news -- Moral and ethical aspects; Democracy and science