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Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393353327 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 039335332X
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Physical Description:
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xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-240) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The oversimplification -- The cherry-pick -- The butter-up and undercut -- The demonizer -- The blame the blogger -- The ridicule and dismiss -- The literal nitpick -- The credit snatch -- The certain uncertainty -- The blind eye to follow-up -- The lost in translation -- The straight-up fabrication. |
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| Subject: | Science -- Social aspects Technology -- Social aspects Science -- Political aspects Technology -- Political aspects |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Legislative Library.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Legislative Library, Vaughan Street | Q 175.5 Lev c.1 (Text) | 36970100055708 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Legislative Library, Vaughan Street | Q 175.5 Lev c.2 (Text) | 36970100160482 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A revelatory examination of the political tricks used to subvert scientific progress cites the notorious tactics and debates employed by government leaders to rationalize misconduct or promote non-scientific agendas. Original. - Baker & Taylor
Examines the methods used by elected officials to distort and subvert scientific progress to promote non-scientific agendas and rationalize misconduct. - Book News
Levitan, a journalist, illustrates how politicians try to talk about science and fail. He organizes their errors into categories, such as oversimplification, cherry-picking, demonizing, blaming bloggers, ridiculing and dismissing, honing in on a specific definition, taking credit, repeating information from outdated or debunked science, fabrication, and ignoring and not talking about a problem, describing examples, how the methods work, why politicians get specific scientific issues wrong, and how to recognize them in the future. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) - WW Norton
An eye-opening tour of the political tricks that subvert scientific progress. - WW Norton
The Butter-Up and Undercut. The Certain Uncertainty. The Straight-Up Fabrication. Dave Levitan dismantles all of these deceptive arguments, and many more, in this probing and hilarious examination of the ways our elected officials attack scientific findings that conflict with their political agendas. The next time you hear a politician say, "Well, Iâm not a scientist, butâ¦," youâll be ready.
