The politically incorrect guide to science / Tom Bethell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Regnery Pub., c2005.Description: xiii, 270 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 089526031X : PAP
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509/.73 22
LOC classification:
  • Q127.U5 B48 2005
Contents:
Introduction: the lures of politics -- Global warming -- Yes, more nukes -- Good vibes: radiation hormesis -- "Good chemistry" -- The DDT ban -- Biodiversity and endangered species -- African AIDS: a political epidemic -- The folly of Dolly: cloning and its discontents -- The stem cell challenge to bioengineering -- A map to nowhere -- The great cancer error -- The abiding myths: flat earth and warfare between science and religion -- By chance, or by design? -- Evolution: the missing evidence -- Epilogue-- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Argues that the explanations of issues such as global warming, stem cell research, and evolution that are presented to the public are actually formulated by liberals seeking to advance their own agenda and preserve their research funding.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index.

Introduction: the lures of politics -- Global warming -- Yes, more nukes -- Good vibes: radiation hormesis -- "Good chemistry" -- The DDT ban -- Biodiversity and endangered species -- African AIDS: a political epidemic -- The folly of Dolly: cloning and its discontents -- The stem cell challenge to bioengineering -- A map to nowhere -- The great cancer error -- The abiding myths: flat earth and warfare between science and religion -- By chance, or by design? -- Evolution: the missing evidence -- Epilogue-- Notes -- Index.

Argues that the explanations of issues such as global warming, stem cell research, and evolution that are presented to the public are actually formulated by liberals seeking to advance their own agenda and preserve their research funding.

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