The No-Nonsense Guide to Science (No Nonsense Guides S.) - Softcover

Ravetz, Jerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844675033 ISBN 13: 9781844675036

Verlag: Verso Books, 2006

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"A splendid series of pocketable guides to issue-politics rigorously clear."The Guardian
Can we trust scientists? Can we develop science and technology to improve, not destroy, human life and the planet? The No-Nonsense Guide to Science addresses these crucial questions. Considering a range of subjects as diverse as genetic engineering, biotechnology, medicine and military science, Jerry Ravetz argues that understanding science as a processand sometimes a businessinvolving funding, research, reputations and publication gives us the best basis for effective action in the future.
The latest volume in the acclaimed No-Nonsense series is an invaluable primer for all those involved in scientific study, research or commercial exploitation.

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Jerry Ravetz was formerly Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Leeds University. He is the author of the classic study, Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems (1971), among other publications. He helped to found the Council for Science and Society, and is a pioneer in the area of science and safety. He is now an independent scholar and self-employed consultant, working mainly on problems of the management of uncertainty in risks and environmental issues.

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• Verlag: Verso Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1844675033
• ISBN 13: 9781844675036
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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