Why Trust Science? (Record no. 62794)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691179001
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Distributor Name : International Book Distributors
Distributor address : Flat No.- 17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2,5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi
Bill Number : 121278
Bill Date : 30/01/2025
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Classification number 808.57 ORE
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Oreskes, Naomi.
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Personal name Edenhofer, Ottmar.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Why Trust Science?
Statement of responsibility, etc / Naomi Oreskes.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , New Jersey
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Princeton University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2019.
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Extent x, 359p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
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Price amount 1528
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Summary, etc o doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don't? In this landmark book, Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength―and the greatest reason we can trust it.<br/><br/>Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, Oreskes explains that, contrary to popular belief, there is no single scientific method. Rather, the trustworthiness of scientific claims derives from the social process by which they are rigorously vetted. This process is not perfect―nothing ever is when humans are involved―but she draws vital lessons from cases where scientists got it wrong. Oreskes shows how consensus is a crucial indicator of when a scientific matter has been settled, and when the knowledge produced is likely to be trustworthy.<br/><br/>Based on the Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Princeton University, this timely and provocative book features critical responses by climate experts Ottmar Edenhofer and Martin Kowarsch, political scientist Jon Krosnick, philosopher of science Marc Lange, and science historian Susan Lindee, as well as a foreword by political theorist Stephen Macedo.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Global warming
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Scientific knowledge
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element History and philosophy
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Personal name Naomi Oreskes.
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