List of books about the politics of science
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This is a list of books about the politics of science.
- Bending ScienceBending ScienceBending Science: How special interests corrupt public health research is a 2008 book by Thomas O. McGarity and Wendy E. Wagner, published by Harvard University Press. Bending Science has been called a "fascinating and troubling investigation" of the ways science is manipulated in the process of...
(2008) - Betrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of ScienceBetrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of ScienceBetrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science is a book by William Broad and Nicholas Wade, published in 1982 by Simon & Schuster in New York, and subsequently also by Century Publishing in London, and by Oxford University Press in 1985...
(1983) - Challenges, by Serge LangSerge LangSerge Lang was a French-born American mathematician. He was known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra...
(1998) - Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your HealthDoubt is Their ProductDoubt Is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health is a 2008 book by David Michaels, published by Oxford University Press....
(2008) - Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global WarmingMerchants of DoubtMerchants of Doubt is a 2010 book by the American science historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. It identifies parallels between the climate change debate and earlier controversies over tobacco smoking, acid rain and the hole in the ozone layer...
(2010) - Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific WorldPlastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific WorldPlastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World is a 2009 book by American-based science reporter Eugenie Samuel Reich...
(2009) - Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical ErosionScience, Money, and PoliticsScience, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion is a 2001 book by Daniel S. Greenberg. The book explores science policy and politics over the past forty years, with particular reference to big science, university research shops, government labs, scientific societies, and...
(2001) - Science Under Siege: The Politicians' War on Nature and TruthScience Under SiegeScience Under Siege: The Politicians' War on Nature and Truth is a 1998 book by journalist Todd Wilkinson. Wilkinson describes the careers of a variety of publicly employed scientists who, in the course of their work for government agencies, found habitat degradation, threatened species, or other...
(1998) - The Great Betrayal: Fraud In ScienceThe Great Betrayal: Fraud In ScienceThe Great Betrayal: Fraud In Science is a 2004 book by Horace Freeland Judson. The book explains that science as a discipline is not immune to fraud, and the book surveys many cases where scientific misconduct by aberrant scientists have threatened the reliability and foundations of the scientific...
(2004) - The New Politics of ScienceThe New Politics of ScienceThe New Politics of Science is a 1984 book by David Dickson. The book is about the political relationships which affect science funding. Dickson argues that decisions about science are becoming concentrated in a closed circle of corporate, banking, and military leaders and that America's scientific...
(1984) - The Republican War on ScienceThe Republican War on ScienceThe Republican War on Science is a book by Chris C. Mooney, an American journalist who focuses on the politics of science policy. In the book, Mooney discusses the Republican Party leadership's stance on science, and in particular that of the George W...
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