The Resource Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science, Dave Levitan
Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science, Dave Levitan
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The item Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science, Dave Levitan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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- Summary
- Politicians who have chosen to act as advocates for vested corporate interests have been known to manipulate and distort scientific facts. Some politicians don't have malevolent intentions: they just don't understand science, and repeat what their sources gather for them. Levitan helps you spot the types of blunders and obfuscations that flood the media and create an anti-science acceptance that affects our world
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 256 pages
- Contents
-
- The oversimplification
- The cherry-pick
- The butter-up and undercut
- The demonizer
- The blame the blogger
- The ridicule and dismiss
- The literal nitpick
- The credit snatch
- The certain uncertainty
- The blind eye to follow-up
- The lost in translation
- The straight-up fabrication
- Isbn
- 9780393353327
- Label
- Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science
- Title
- Not a scientist
- Title remainder
- how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science
- Statement of responsibility
- Dave Levitan
- Subject
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- trueTheories
- Vaccination
- Abortion
- Anti-vaccination movement
- trueClimate change
- Deception
- trueDishonesty
- trueGenetically engineered organisms
- Hydraulic fracturing
- trueMisinformation
- Politicians
- Rhetoric
- Science -- Political aspects
- Science -- Social aspects
- Technology -- Political aspects
- Technology -- Social aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Politicians who have chosen to act as advocates for vested corporate interests have been known to manipulate and distort scientific facts. Some politicians don't have malevolent intentions: they just don't understand science, and repeat what their sources gather for them. Levitan helps you spot the types of blunders and obfuscations that flood the media and create an anti-science acceptance that affects our world
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Levitan, Dave
- Dewey number
- 303.48/3
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q175.5
- LC item number
- .L4745 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Science
- Technology
- Science
- Technology
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science, Dave Levitan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The oversimplification -- The cherry-pick -- The butter-up and undercut -- The demonizer -- The blame the blogger -- The ridicule and dismiss -- The literal nitpick -- The credit snatch -- The certain uncertainty -- The blind eye to follow-up -- The lost in translation -- The straight-up fabrication
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393353327
- Lccn
- 2016029048
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- 951070856
- (OCoLC)951070856
- Label
- Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science, Dave Levitan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The oversimplification -- The cherry-pick -- The butter-up and undercut -- The demonizer -- The blame the blogger -- The ridicule and dismiss -- The literal nitpick -- The credit snatch -- The certain uncertainty -- The blind eye to follow-up -- The lost in translation -- The straight-up fabrication
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393353327
- Lccn
- 2016029048
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 951070856
- (OCoLC)951070856
Subject
- trueTheories
- Vaccination
- Abortion
- Anti-vaccination movement
- trueClimate change
- Deception
- trueDishonesty
- trueGenetically engineered organisms
- Hydraulic fracturing
- trueMisinformation
- Politicians
- Rhetoric
- Science -- Political aspects
- Science -- Social aspects
- Technology -- Political aspects
- Technology -- Social aspects
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