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2017

Format:	Book
Author:	Levitan, Dave, author.
Title:	Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science / Dave Levitan.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Description:	xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary:	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.
Subjects:	Science -- Social aspects. Technology -- Social aspects. Science -- Political aspects. Technology -- Political aspects.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
LCCN:	2016029048
ISBN:	9780393353327 039335332X 9780393353327 (pbk.)
Other Number:	951070856
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Control Number:	654848
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Call Number:	303.483 Levitan

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