LEADER 00000cam a2200661Ii 4500 001 ocn979560401 003 OCoLC 005 20200717185359.8 006 m o d 007 cr mn||||||||| 008 170328t20172017mau ob 001 0 eng d 020 9780674978980|q(electronic book) 020 0674978986|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780674059696|q(alkaline paper) 020 |z0674059697|q(alkaline paper) 024 8 13883565 024 8 99972508442 035 (OCoLC)979560401 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dN$T|dYDX|dEBLCP|dCCO|dOSU|dOCLCQ |dW2U|dU3G|dDEGRU|dINT|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 Q225|b.D43 2017eb 072 7 SCI|x080000|2bisacsh 072 7 SCI|x060000|2bisacsh 082 04 500|223 090 Q225|b.D43 2017eb 100 1 Dean, Cornelia,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n93101868|eauthor. 245 10 Making sense of science :|bseparating substance from spin /|cCornelia Dean. 264 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts :|bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,|c2017. 264 4 |c©2017 300 1 online resource (xi, 281 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index. 505 0 We the people -- What we know, and what we don't know -- The belief engine -- Thinking about risk -- The research enterprise -- What is science? -- How science knows what it knows -- Models -- A jury of peers -- Things go wrong - - Misconduct -- Science in court -- Researchers and journalists -- The universal solvent -- A matter of money -- Selling health -- What's for supper? -- Political science -- Constituency of ignorance -- The political environment -- Taking things on faith. 520 Cornelia Dean draws on her 30 years as a science journalist with the New York Times to expose the flawed reasoning and knowledge gaps that handicap readers when they try to make sense of science. She calls attention to conflicts of interest in research and the price society pays when science journalism declines and funding dries up.--|cProvided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Science news.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85118671 650 0 Research|xMoral and ethical aspects.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85113041 650 0 Research|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85113021|xPolitical aspects.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh00005651 650 0 Science in popular culture.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2001008372 650 7 Science news.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1108748 650 7 Research|xMoral and ethical aspects.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1095225 650 7 Research|xPolitical aspects.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1095231 650 7 Research.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1095153 650 7 Science in popular culture.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org /fast/1108734 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aDean, Cornelia.|tMaking sense of science.|dCambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017|z9780674059696|w(DLC) 2016037738|w(OCoLC)957264739 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1491551|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this ebook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 00 |d20200727|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW June-July 17 7032|lridw 994 92|bRID