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Can I read Denialism : How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives on EtoBox?
Denialism : How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives by Michael Specter is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Denialism : How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives about?
In today's world we encounter such an abundance of confusing and conflicting information. This book offers an examination of the irrationality at the heart of the scare-mongering and pseudo-science that stand in the way of progress and argues against modern scepticism of science and for a return to rationality. In today's world we encounter such an abundance of confusing and conflicting information regarding what to do and what not to do, what to eat and what not to eat, what is safe and what is harmful, that it is often difficult to know what is true and what is not. In Denialism, Michael Specter delivers a frank and unflinching examination of the irrationality at the heart of the scare mongering and pseudo-science that stand in the way of progress and argues against modern scepticism of science and for a return to rationality
Who reads Denialism : How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Michael Specter
- Publisher
- Duckworth & Co; Duckworth Overlook
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780715639436
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Fiction, Science, Philosophy
- Rating
- 3.72 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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