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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dick Taverne (Chairman, Sense About Science)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.511kg ISBN: 9780192804853ISBN 10: 0192804855 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 17 March 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPrologue 1: From optimism to pessimism 2: Medicine and magic 3: Organic farming 4: GM: the case for 5: GM: the case against 6: The rise of eco-fundamentalism 7: The perils of precaution 8: The attack on science 9: Multinational companies and globalization 10: Reason and democracy Epilogue IndexReviewsIn his trenchant way, Dick Taverne does his readers a service by summarizing a case for science. TLS `There is much to agree with and even to admire in Taverne's wide-ranging and trenchant observations.' Nature Publishing Group `Momentous stuff.' British Medical Journal `Admirable new book.' Guardian Author InformationDick Taverne was the Labour MP for Lincoln from 1962 to 1972, when he resigned to fight the famous Lincoln by-election as an independent social democrat in 1973, and won. In 1974 he wrote The Future of the Left, Lincoln and After (Jonathan Cape), which predicted the split in the Labour party that happened seven years later. He is now a Liberal-Democrat peer. Becoming gradually more and more concerned about the increasing mood of hostility and suspicion towards science, in 2002 he founded the association 'Sense About Science' to promote an evidence-based approach to scientific issues. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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