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Merchants of doubt : (Record no. 217973)
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| control field | 23982700 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260518172142.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 240826s2010 nyu ob 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2024731303 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781408824832 (paperback) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | 23982700 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| -- | pn |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 174.95 ORE |
| Edition number | 22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Oreskes, Naomi., |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Merchants of doubt : |
| Remainder of title | how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Bloomsbury Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 355 pages. |
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| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | Rs. 899.00 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-343) and index. |
| 505 0# - Contents | |
| Contents | Doubt is our product -- Strategic defense, phony facts and the creation of the George C. Marshall Institute -- Sowing the seeds of doubt : acid rain -- Constructing a counter-narrative : the fight over the ozone hole -- What's bad science? Who decides? The fight over second-hand smoke -- The denial of global warming -- Denial rides again : the revisionist attack on Rachel Carson -- Conclusion of free markets and free speech -- Epilogue : a new view of science. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.<br/>Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. Remarkably, the same individuals surface repeatedly - some of the same figures who have claimed that the science of global warming is "not settled" denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. "Doubt is our product," wrote one tobacco executive. These 'experts' supplied it.<br/>Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, historians of science, roll back the rug on this dark corner of the American scientific community, showing how ideology and corporate interests, aided by a too-compliant media, have skewed public understanding of some of the most pressing issues of our era. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on print version record; resource not viewed. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Scientists |
| General subdivision | Professional ethics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science news |
| General subdivision | Moral and ethical aspects. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Democracy and science. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Conway, Erik M., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1965- |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | BOOKs |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Materials specified (bound volume or other part) | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | PB | NLS | NLS | Circulation Counter | 18/05/2026 | 899.00 | 174.95 ORE | 40850 | 18/05/2026 | 18/05/2026 | BOOKs | Recommended by Dr. Manpreet Singh Dhillon |