Galileo's Middle Finger by Alice Dreger
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About this book
Historian Alice Dreger explores the uneasy relationship between scientific inquiry and social activism. Drawing on her work in medical ethics and investigations of disputed research, she asks how evidence, justice and intellectual freedom can be defended when deeply held beliefs collide.
Full title: Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
Author: Alice Dreger
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year: 2015
Format: Hardback
Pages: 352
Language: English
ISBN: 9781594206085
Condition: Ex-library copy with a library label and ink marking on the front. Protective jacket covering has rubbing, creasing and edge wear.
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