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Author:   Henry H. Bauer
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780786463015

ISBN 10:   0786463015
Pages:   301
Publication Date:   01 June 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents List of Figures      List of Tables      Preface      Introduction      1. Three Prominent Knowledge Monopolies and Research Cartels      2. Common Features of Knowledge Monopolies      3. A Public Act of Censorship: Elsevier and Medical Hypotheses      4. More Cartels and Hegemonies      5. Knowledge Monopolies as a New Phenomenon in Science      6. How Science Became Reliable, and Why It No Longer Is      7. Public Knowledge About Science      8. Official Reports Are Not Scientific Publications      9. 21st-Century Science: Post-Modern, with Knowledge Monopolies      10. Consequences      11. Can 21st-Century Science Become Trustworthy Again?      Bibliography      Index     

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Recommended --<i>Choice</i>; a most worthwhile book...well-researched --<i>Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective</i>; explores how heterodox ideas are suppressed or ignored by professionals claiming to be open minded and objective --<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>.

Author Information

Henry H. Bauer is professor emeritus of chemistry and science studies and dean emeritus of arts and sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The author of numerous books, including several that examine scientific heterodoxies, he lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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