Bibliograph

Not a scientist, how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science, Dave Levitan

Type

Label

Not a scientist, how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science, Dave Levitan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Not a scientist

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951070856

Responsibility statement

Dave Levitan

Sub title

how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science

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

Table Of 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

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