Tainted: How Philosophy of Science Can Expose Bad Science
This is the first book on practical philosophy of science and how to practically evaluate scientific findings that have life-and-death consequences. Showing how to uncover scores of scientific flaws - typically used by special interests who try to justify their deadly pollution - this book aims to liberate the many potential victims of environmentally-induced disease and death.
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-939641-2
- EAN: 9780199396412
- Produktnummer: 17116173
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 295 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.1 cm x D3.0 cm 546 g
- Gewicht: 546
Über den Autor
Kristin Shrader-Frechette is O'Neill Professor at University of Notre Dame, where she teaches biological sciences, environmental sciences, and philosophy of science. With degrees in mathematics and in philosophy of science, she has done three post-docs - in biology, economics, and hydrogeology - and served on many boards/committees of the US National Academy of Sciences and international scientific or environmental groups. The first femalepresident of 3 professional scientific associations, she has had her scientific research (on quantitative risk assessment in radiobiology, biostatistics, and energy modeling) funded for 27 years by the US National Science Foundation. Author of more than 400 articles and 16 books, including Taking Action, Saving Lives(2007, Oxford University).
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