Scientocracy
The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy
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- Paperback
365 pages
- Release Date
6 November 2019
Summary
Scientific research is the time-honored key to objective knowledge. In the past it was funded pluralistically, but today certain portions of the market for knowledge are dominated by a single buyer, namely the government. This is especially true in the research fields that impinge on the regulatory sphere, such as pollution and climate change. As discussed in Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy, science today is in systematic trouble.
The popular notion…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781948647496 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1948647494 |
| Author: | Patrick J. Michaels, Terence Kealey |
| Publisher: | Cato Institute,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Cato Institute,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 365 |
| Release Date: | 6 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 229mm |
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Patrick J. Michaels
Patrick J. Michaels is the director of the Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute. Michaels is a past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society. He is the author and editor of several titles including Lukewarming: The New Climate Science that Changes Everything and Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don’t Want You to Know.
Terence Kealey is a professor of clinical biochemistry at the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.
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