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<p><b>Americans have long been suspicious of experts and elites. This new history explains why so many have believed that science has the power to corrupt American culture.</b><br><br>Americans today are often skeptical of scientific authority. Many conservatives dismiss climate change and Darwinism as liberal fictions, arguing that “tenured radicals” have coopted the sciences and other disciplines. Some progressives, especially in the universities, worry that science’s celebration of objectivit
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Andrew Jewett
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674247109
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science, Political Science, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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