A brash polemic that explains the origins of-and skewers-the left's dangerous, unscientific claims about food, vaccines, and energy-and shows how resistance to scientific progress holds us back.
Argues that the political left holds more anti-scientific views than the right and are responsible for more scientific misinformation.
Frontiers Of Illusion
by Project Muse, Sarewitz, Daniel R.
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An incisive argument for fostering stronger links between the interests of society and progress in science.
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Biology and politics have converged today across much of the industrialized world. Debates about genetically modified organisms, cloning, stem cells, animal patenting, and new reproductive technologies crowd media headlines and policy agendas. Less noticed, but no less important…
"Biology and politics have converged today across much of the industrialized world. Debates about genetically modified organisms, cloning, stem cells, animal patenting, and new reproductive technologies crowd media headlines and policy agendas. Less noticed, but no less importan…
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