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008			130607s2013 inu o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9780253010360
020			_z9780253010292 (cloth : alk. paper)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aQ172.5.P77 _bP69 2013
082	0	0	_a001.9 _223
100	1		_aProthero, Donald R.
245	1	0	_aReality check _h[electronic resource] : _bhow science deniers threaten our future / _cDonald R. Prothero ; foreword by Michael Shermer ; Illustrations by Pat Linse.
260			_aBloomington and Indianapolis : _bIndiana University Press, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aReality check -- Science, our candle in the darkness -- Betrayers of the truth: selling out science -- Making the environment the enemy: acid rain, the ozone hole, and the demonization of Rachel Carson -- Hot enough for you? The heated debate over a warming planet -- Gimme that old time religion: creationism, intelligent design, and the denial of humanity's place in nature -- Jenny's body count: playing Russian roulette with our children -- Victims of modern witch doctors: AIDS denialism -- If it quacks like a quack: snake-oil con artists in an era of medical science -- What's your sign? the ancient pseudoscience of astrology -- Down the slope of Hubbert's curve: the end of cheap oil and natural resources -- Far from the madding crowd: human overpopulation and its consequences -- The rejection of reality: how the denial of science threatens us all.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aScience _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aScience _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aPseudoscience.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253010360/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c33753 _d33753