Making sense of science (Record no. 50643)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20190122151002.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 181219s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780674059696 |
| 028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME | |
| Distributor Name | : Atlantic Publlishers 7 Distributors |
| Distributor address | .-7/22 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi |
| Bill Number | 1087521 |
| Bill Date | 13/12/2018 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 500 DEA |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dean, Cornelia |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Making sense of science |
| Remainder of title | :separating substance from spin |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | /Cornelia Dean |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | , Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | :The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | ,2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ,xi, 281 pages |
| Dimensions | ;22 cm |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 1199.00 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Contents note | Preface -- Introduction. -- 1. We the people: What we know, and what we don't know -- The belief engine -- Thinking about risk. -- 2. The research enterprise: What is science? -- How science knows what it knows -- Models -- A jury of peers. -- 3. Things go wrong: Misconduct -- Science in court -- Researchers and journalists. -- 4. The universal solvent: A matter of money -- Selling health -- What's for supper? -- 5. Political science: Constituency of ignorance -- The political environment -- Taking things on faith. -- Conclusion. -- Appendix: Trustworthy, untrustworthy, or irrelevant? -- Notes -- Furhter reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Cornelia Dean draws on her 30 years as a science journalist with the New York Times to expose the flawed reasoning and knowledge gaps that handicap readers when they try to make sense of science. She calls attention to conflicts of interest in research and the price society pays when science journalism declines and funding dries up.- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Forschung |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Natural sciences |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Research -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Research -- Political aspects. |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Non-focus term | Natural sciences |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Not For Loan | SNU LIBRARY | SNU LIBRARY | 19/12/2018 | 1199.00 | 500 DEA | 26016 | 19/12/2018 | Books |
