The politically incorrect guide to science
by Bethell, Tom
""If the globe is warming, is mankind responsible, or is the sun?"" Such a statement does not appear out of place in Bethell's entertaining account of how modern science is politically motivated and in desperate need of oversight. Bethell writes in a compulsively readable style, and although he provides legitimate insight into the potential benefits of nuclear power and hormesis, some readers will be turned off when he attempts to disprove global warming and especially evolution. Throughout the…
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- Full title :The politically incorrect guide to science / Tom Bethell.
Summary
""If the globe is warming, is mankind responsible, or is the sun?"" Such a statement does not appear out of place in Bethell's entertaining account of how modern science is politically motivated and in desperate need of oversight. Bethell writes in a compulsively readable style, and although he provides legitimate insight into the potential benefits of nuclear power and hormesis, some readers will be turned off when he attempts to disprove global warming and especially evolution. Throughout the book, Bethell makes questionable claims about subjects as varied as AIDS (""careful U.S. studie.
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- Publication Date:©2005.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):National Book Network, Regnery Pub
- Place of Publication:Washington, DC
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2005.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781596986305, 1596986301
- oclc:ocn640155439
- LC Classification:Q127.U5
- Dewey Decimal:509/.73
Table of Contents
Introduction: the lures of politics -- Global warming -- Yes, more nukes -- Good vibes: radiation hormesis -- "Good chemistry" -- The DDT ban -- Biodiversity and endangered species -- African AIDS: a political epidemic -- The folly of Dolly: cloning and its discontents -- The stem cell challenge to bioengineering -- A map to nowhere -- The great cancer error -- The abiding myths: flat earth and warfare between science and religion -- By chance, or by design? -- Evolution: the missing evidence -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
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