Scientists as prophets :: a rhetorical genealogy /

In this work, Lynda Walsh argues that our science advisors manufacture certainty for us in the face of the unknown. Through a series of cases reaching from the Delphic oracle to 17th-century London to Climategate, Walsh elucidates many of the problems with our current science-advising system.

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1. Verfasser: Olman, Lynda C. (Lynda Christine), 1971-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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Zusammenfassung:In this work, Lynda Walsh argues that our science advisors manufacture certainty for us in the face of the unknown. Through a series of cases reaching from the Delphic oracle to 17th-century London to Climategate, Walsh elucidates many of the problems with our current science-advising system.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 264 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199857104
0199857105
9780199345410
0199345414

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