The Resource Making sense of science : separating substance from spin, Cornelia Dean
Making sense of science : separating substance from spin, Cornelia Dean
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The item Making sense of science : separating substance from spin, Cornelia Dean represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- 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.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 281 pages
- Contents
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- We the people
- What we know, and what we don't know
- The belief engine
- Thinking about risk
- The research enterprise
- What is science?
- How science knows what it knows
- Models
- A jury of peers
- Things go wrong
- Misconduct
- Science in court
- Researchers and journalists
- The universal solvent
- A matter of money
- Selling health
- What's for supper?
- Political science
- Constituency of ignorance
- The political environment
- Taking things on faith
- Isbn
- 9780674059696
- Label
- Making sense of science : separating substance from spin
- Title
- Making sense of science
- Title remainder
- separating substance from spin
- Statement of responsibility
- Cornelia Dean
- Subject
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- trueResearch -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
- trueResearch -- Political aspects
- Research -- Political aspects
- trueScience in mass media
- trueScience in popular culture
- Science in popular culture
- trueScience journalism
- trueScience news
- Science news
- trueConflict of interests
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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.--
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- 10556534
- Cataloging source
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- Dean, Cornelia
- Dewey number
- 500
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q225
- LC item number
- .D43 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Science news
- Research
- Research
- Science in popular culture
- Research
- Research
- Science in popular culture
- Science news
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- separating substance from spin
- Label
- Making sense of science : separating substance from spin, Cornelia Dean
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Contents
- We the people -- What we know, and what we don't know -- The belief engine -- Thinking about risk -- The research enterprise -- What is science? -- How science knows what it knows -- Models -- A jury of peers -- Things go wrong -- Misconduct -- Science in court -- Researchers and journalists -- The universal solvent -- A matter of money -- Selling health -- What's for supper? -- Political science -- Constituency of ignorance -- The political environment -- Taking things on faith
- Control code
- 1742329
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xi, 281 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674059696
- Lccn
- 2016037738
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780674059696
- (OCoLC)957264739
- Label
- Making sense of science : separating substance from spin, Cornelia Dean
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- We the people -- What we know, and what we don't know -- The belief engine -- Thinking about risk -- The research enterprise -- What is science? -- How science knows what it knows -- Models -- A jury of peers -- Things go wrong -- Misconduct -- Science in court -- Researchers and journalists -- The universal solvent -- A matter of money -- Selling health -- What's for supper? -- Political science -- Constituency of ignorance -- The political environment -- Taking things on faith
- Control code
- 1742329
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xi, 281 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674059696
- Lccn
- 2016037738
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780674059696
- (OCoLC)957264739
Subject
- trueResearch -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
- trueResearch -- Political aspects
- Research -- Political aspects
- trueScience in mass media
- trueScience in popular culture
- Science in popular culture
- trueScience journalism
- trueScience news
- Science news
- trueConflict of interests
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