Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming

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Label

Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming

Title remainder

how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming

Statement of responsibility

Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

Creator

• Oreskes, Naomi

Contributor

• Conway, Erik M., 1965-

Subject

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

Language

eng

Summary

Tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades that link smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

174/.95

Index

index present

LC call number

Q147

LC item number

.O74 2010

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography