Merchants of Doubt

How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

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Merchants of Doubt

How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

1st U.S. ed.
  • 4.0 (2 ratings) ·
  • 66 Want to read
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Bloomsbury Press
Language
English
Pages
355

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Table of Contents

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

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
174/.95
Library of Congress
Q147 .O74 2010, Q147 .O74 2010eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
355

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Open Library
OL24574872M
Internet Archive
merchantsdoubtho00ores
ISBN 10
1596916109
ISBN 13
9781596916104
LCCN
2009043183
OCLC/WorldCat
461631066, 726880041

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