Science in an age of unreason / John Staddon.
Staddon, J. E. R., author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2022
Q175 .S733 2022
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Title Science in an age of unreason / John Staddon.
Author Staddon, J. E. R., author.
ISBN 9781684513239
1684513235
9781684512522
1684512522
Published Washington, D.C. : Regnery Gateway, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number Q175 .S733 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification 501
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-277) and index.
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Preface
Part 1. Evolution. Has secular humanism made science a religion? ; Science and faith. Can morality be deduced from the facts of science? ; Science and faith. Darwin to the rescue? ; Was Darwin wrong or just misunderstood?
Part. 2. The profession. Are we losing our way? ; Scientific publishing ; Peer review and 'the natural selection of bad science'
Part 3. Climate change. Is the climate warming? Is there more extreme weather? ; Carbon dioxide and the AGW hypothesis
Part 4. Social science. Killing the messenger ; The devolution of social science. How the fragmentation of sociology has led to absurdity ; Contemporary sociology. Race and ethnic studies ; Systemic racism. What do racial disparities really mean? ; Lysenko Redivivus
Part 5. History of science. Neutral-or not? ; Historians of science or political journalists?
Epilogue
Appendix.

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