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Science: Can You Trust the Experts? (Debating Matters)
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Product Description
Controversies surrounding a plethora of issues, from the MMR vaccine to mobile phones, from BSE to genetically-modified foods, have led many to ask how the public's faith in government advice can be restored. At the heart of the matter is the role of the expert and the question of whose opinion to trust. In this book, prominent participants in the debate tell us their views.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #467259 in Books
- Published on: 2002-05-31
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 112 pages
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About the Author
The Institute of Ideas's mission is to bring fresh ideas to the public arena on the key debates of our time. The IoI aims to be an agenda-setting organization prepared to think the unthinkable and encourage others to do likewise. The IoI is committed to forging a space where ideas can be contested without constraint, and where the clash of ideas is recognized as integral to the process of knowledge expansion. Editor (from the Institute of Ideas): Tony Gilland Contributors: Bill Durodie, who researches risk and precaution at New College, Oxford University. Dr Ian Gibson MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. Dr Sue Mayer, Executive Director of Genewatch UK. Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientist for Greenpeace UK.
