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During the next thirty years, the American public will suffer from a rampage against reason by special interests in government, commerce, and the faith industry, and the rampage has already begun. In Junk science, Dan Agin offers a response: a stinging condemnation of the egregious and constant warping of science for ideological gain. In this provocative, wide-ranging, and hard-hitting book, Agin argues from the center that we will pay a heavy price for the follies of people who consciously twist the public's understanding of the real world. In an entertaining but frank tone, Agin separates…
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2007St. Martin's Griffin · 336 pages · 9780312374808
- Hardcover · English · 2006Thomas Dunne Books · 336 pages · 9780312352417
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