The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception (inscribed to Dava Sobel)
Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. A nice association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To Dava [Sobel]--In awe of your writing and with gratitude for all your help on this book. David." David Michaels and Dava Sobel are in fact cousins, so a nice family association copy. Sobel is an acclaimed popular science writer and the author of bestselling books such as Longitude, Galileo's Daughter (a finalist for the Pulitzer and adapted for an A&E show), The Planets, and most recently The Elements of Marie Curie. She is a Guggenheim fellow and was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2022 "for outstanding writings covering many centuries of key developments in physics and astronomy and the people central to those developments." She was the prestigious guest editor for the Best American Science and Nature Writing in 2004. Michaels is an epidemiologist and professor at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and played important roles in public health in the Clinton and Obama administrations. This book "traces the ascendance of science-for-hire in American life and government, from its origins in the tobacco industry in the 1950s to its current manifestations across government, public policy, and even professional sports. . . . an urgent, revelatory work, one that promises to reorient conversations around science and the public good for the foreseeable future." The review in Science magazine called it "a tour de force that examines how frequently, and easily, science has been manipulated to discredit expertise and accountability on issues ranging from obesity and concussions to opioids and climate change.” A fine book in a very near fine jacket with one spot of creasing to top of spine. An excellent association. Fine / Near fine. Item #1880
ISBN: 9780190922665
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