Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science
Title:
Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science
JLCTITLE245:
Dave Levitan.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Physical Description:
xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780393353327
Abstract:
Politicians who have chosen to act as advocates for vested corporate interests have been known to manipulate and distort scientific facts. Some politicians don't have malevolent intentions: they just don't understand science, and repeat what their sources gather for them. Levitan helps you spot the types of blunders and obfuscations that flood the media and create an anti-science acceptance that affects our world.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Term:
Contents:
The oversimplification -- The cherry-pick -- The butter-up and undercut -- The demonizer -- The blame the blogger -- The ridicule and dismiss -- The literal nitpick -- The credit snatch -- The certain uncertainty -- The blind eye to follow-up -- The lost in translation -- The straight-up fabrication.