Scientists as Prophets
Author | : Lynda Walsh |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2013-08 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780199857111 |
ISBN-10 | : 0199857113 |
Rating | : 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Scientists as Prophets by : Lynda Walsh
Download or read book Scientists as Prophets written by Lynda Walsh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Scientists as Prophets, Lynda Walsh argues that our science advisors manufacture certainty for us in the face of the unknown. Through a series of cases reaching from the Delphic oracle to seventeenth-century London to Climategate, Walsh elucidates many of the problems with our current science-advising system.