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Published
Routledge, July 2023
ISBN
9780367616410
Format
Softcover, 232 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm

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  • Clearly exposes the most frequent calumnies made against science

  • Shows how dogmatic religion, the financial interests of certain industries, and opportunistic politicians sometime work in cohort to undermine the public's trust in science

  • Acknowledges that science's most mistaken critics are often skilled communicators, and that effectively defending science requires an equally skilled defense

  • Shows that while the "Science Wars" of the 1990s have abated, their effects on some of the methodologies in higher education and the larger population continue

  • Examines three case studies to clearly illustrate how reliable scientific knowledge is secured:

  • Eratosthenes' discovery of the circumference of the earth

  • Louis Pasteur's development of anthrax and rabies vaccines

  • The rapid emergence of scientific consensus regarding continental drift

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