Why trust science? (Record no. 1815)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691179001 |
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| Classification number | 303.483 |
| Item number | ORE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Oreskes, Naomi |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Why trust science? |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Jersey, |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Princeton University Press, Princeton, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Page number | 360P |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Do 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. 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 |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Non-fiction | IIITDM Kurnool | IIITDM Kurnool | General Stacks | 15.09.2022 | 24.95 | 1139986 DT 1/8/22 | 303.483 ORE | 0004924 | 15.09.2022 | 24.95 | 15.09.2022 | USD | Books |