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Author Levitan, Dave, author.

Title Not a scientist : how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science / Dave Levitan.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  303.483 LEVITAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  303.48 LEV    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  303.483 LEV    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  303.483 LEVITAN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  303.483 LEVITAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  303.483 LEV    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  303.483 LEVITAN    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  303.483 LEV    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  303.483 LEV    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  303.483 LEVITAN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-240) and index.
Contents The oversimplification -- The cherry-pick -- The butter-up and undercut -- The demonizer -- The blame the blogger -- The ridicule and dismiss -- The literal nitpick -- The credit snatch -- The certain uncertainty -- The blind eye to follow-up -- The lost in translation -- The straight-up fabrication.
Summary "An eye-opening tour of the political tricks that subvert scientific progress. The Butter-Up and Undercut. The Certain Uncertainty. The Straight-Up Fabrication. Dave Levitan dismantles all of these deceptive arguments, and many more, in this probing and hilarious examination of the ways our elected officials attack scientific findings that conflict with their political agendas. The next time you hear a politician say, "Well, I’m not a scientist, but…," you’ll be ready."-- Publisher description.
Subject Science -- Social aspects.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Science -- Political aspects.
Technology -- Political aspects.
Science -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01108343
Science -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01108360
Technology -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01145175
Technology -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01145202
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy.
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
ISBN 9780393353327 (paperback)
039335332X (paperback)
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