Screen LibraryLies, damned lies, and science：how to sort through the noise around global warming, the latest health claims, and other scientific controversies
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FT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Upper Saddle River, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxiv, 198 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780137155224 (alk. paper) 0137155220 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | N05 |
| CLC: | N05 |
| Call Number: | N05/S453 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Potions, plot, personalities : understand how science progresses and why scientists sometimes disagree -- "The scientific method"--not as easy as pi -- With new tools, researchers can answer new questions--but only after the bugs are worked out -- Models play a critical role in the progress of science -- What's all this talk about controversy? -- Scientific revolutions really happen -- Disputes are not a sign of science gone wrong -- The media often misrepresents disputes between scientists -- From watering hole to prime time--birth and development of an idea -- |