The knowledge wars
Introduction -- Knowledge and power -- 1. A new beginning -- 2. Education, knowledge and power -- 3. Invention, new knowledge and the basic rules of science -- Working scientists -- 4. Early modern science and the first scientists -- 5. Investigating the scientists of today -- 6. Get involved -- be...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Carlton, Victoria
Melbourne University Press
2015
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction -- Knowledge and power -- 1. A new beginning -- 2. Education, knowledge and power -- 3. Invention, new knowledge and the basic rules of science -- Working scientists -- 4. Early modern science and the first scientists -- 5. Investigating the scientists of today -- 6. Get involved -- be a citizen scientist -- The good, the bad and the ugly -- 7. Fraud, error, criminality and correction -- 8. The culture of critique and the character of critics -- 9. Scepticism and denial -- power and responsibility -- Belief, evidence and the power of narrative -- 10. Invented narrative and deliberate ignorance -- 11. The reality of faith -- 12. Basic limits and tensions in the knowledge/power equation -- Reality : imperfect for humans, inexorable for nature -- 13. False left/right divides and the lesser of two evils -- 14. Reality cannot be denied -- Appendices -- A. Checking out a scientist -- B. Reading the science literature -- C. Open access and the economics of publishing -- D. Peer review Climate scientists have warned that we need to change our behaviour in ways that are both inconvenient and threaten established power. The result is a polarising division in society and a sustained attack on the researchers and their findings. In The Knowledge Wars, Nobel prize winner Peter Doherty makes a passionate case for citizens to become informed and evaluate the facts of the debate for themselves and provides practical guidance on how to take action. The Knowledge Wars challenges our assumptions and encourages us to take an evidence-based view of the world. There's something here to offend everybody! |
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| Beschreibung: | 266 Seiten 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780522877038 978-0-522-87703-8 |