Book ID: CBB001552332

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

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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Authors & Contributors
Bini, Elisabetta
Yamaguchi, Tomiko
Marilina Gorelli
Calzona, Arturo
Piero Sicoli
Fukushima, Masato
Concepts
Science and politics
Forecasting; prediction
Science and society
Prophecies
Science and culture
Astronomy
Time Periods
Renaissance
Medieval
19th century
16th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Italy
England
Himalayan Mountains (Nepal)
Sweden
Spain
Japan
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