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Scientists as Prophets: A Rhetorical Genealogy (2013)

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Walsh, Lynda (Author)

Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: x + 264 pp.; ill.
Language: English
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Science and society Prophecies Science and politics Forecasting; prediction

In this work, Lynda Walsh argues that our science advisors manufacture certainty for us in the face of the unknown. Through a series of cases reaching from the Delphic oracle to 17th-century London to Climategate, Walsh elucidates many of the problems with our current science-advising system.

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Vittoria, Albertina
Campanile, Benedetta
Yamaguchi, Tomiko
Marilina Gorelli
Piero Sicoli
O'Dell, Tom
Journals
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Social Studies of Science
Renaissance Quarterly
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Lychnos
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Luigi Pellegrini Editore
University of Tokyo Press
University of Pennsylvania Press
Reaktion Books
Nordic Academic Press
Carocci Editore
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Science and politics
Forecasting; prediction
Science and society
Science and culture
Prophecies
Astronomy
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Henry VIII, King of England
Fermi, Enrico
Bush, Vannevar
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Renaissance
Medieval
16th century
17th century
Song Dynasty (China, 960-1279)
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Italy
Europe
England
Himalayan Mountains (Nepal)
United States
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