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The science of liberty / by Ferris, Timothy.(CARDINAL)151336;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Science & liberty -- Science & liberalism -- The rise of science -- The science of enlightenment -- American independence -- The terror -- Power -- Progress -- The science of wealth -- Totalitarian antiscience -- Academic antiscience -- One world.
Subjects: Democracy and science.; Science; Science;
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Governing science and technology in a democracy / by Goggin, Malcolm L.,1938-(CARDINAL)186257; Blanpied, William A.,1933-(CARDINAL)123080;
Bibliography: pages 279-296.
Subjects: Science and state.; Science; Technology and state.; Technology;
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The science of liberty : democracy, reason, and the laws of nature / by Ferris, Timothy.(CARDINAL)151336;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-353) and index.Science & liberty -- Science & liberalism -- The rise of science -- The science of enlightenment -- American independence -- The terror -- Power -- Progress -- The science of wealth -- Totalitarian antiscience -- Academic antiscience -- One world.In this sweeping intellectual history, science writer Timothy Ferris transcends the concepts of left and right to make a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy. Ferris argues that just as the scientific revolution rescued billions from poverty, fear, hunger, and disease, the Enlightenment values it inspired has swelled the number of persons living in free and democratic societies from less than one percent of the world population four centuries ago to more than a third today. Ferris investigates the evolution of these scientific and political revolutions, demonstrating that they are inextricably bound. He shows how science was integral to the American Revolution but misinterpreted in the French Revolution; reflects on the history of liberalism, stressing its widely underestimated and mutually beneficial relationship with science; and surveys the forces that have opposed science and liberalism--from communism and fascism to postmodernism and Islamic fundamentalism.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Democracy and science.; Science; Science;
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Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming / by Oreskes, Naomi,author.(CARDINAL)304449; Conway, Erik M.,1965-author.(CARDINAL)304448;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-343) and index.Doubt is our product -- Strategic defense, phony facts and the creation of the George C. Marshall Institute -- Sowing the seeds of doubt : acid rain -- Constructing a counter-narrative : the fight over the ozone hole -- What's bad science? Who decides? The fight over second-hand smoke -- The denial of global warming -- Denial rides again : the revisionist attack on Rachel Carson -- Conclusion : of free speech and free markets -- Epilogue : a new view of science."Merchants of Doubt " tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades that link smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole.
Subjects: Scientists; Science news; Democracy and science.; Environmental education.;
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Ideas for the ice age; studies in a revolutionary era / by Lerner, Max,1902-1992.(CARDINAL)148799;
Bibliographical foot-notes.I. Who owns the future?--II. The voyage of the mind.--III. America's hour of decision.--IV. The unfinished business of democracy.
Subjects: Political science.; Democracy.; Totalitarianism.;
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The Moral Basis Of Democracy by Roosevelt, Eleanor,1884-1962.(CARDINAL)148513;
With the threat of the Third Reich looming, Eleanor Roosevelt employs the history of human rights to establish the idea that at the core of democracy is a spiritual responsibility to other citizens. Roosevelt then calls on all Americans, especially the youth, to priortize the well-being of others and have faith that their fellow citizens will protect them in return. She defines this trust between people as a trait of true democracy.
Subjects: Democracy.; Political science.;
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What democracy meant to the Greeks / by Agard, Walter R.(Walter Raymond),1894-1978.(CARDINAL)138808;
"A list of books for further reading": pages 267-270.
Subjects: Democracy.; Political science;
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The challenges to democracy; consensus and extremism in American politics. by Havens, Murray Clark.(CARDINAL)215789;
Bibliography: pages 99-106.
Subjects: Right and left (Political science); Democracy.;
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The Washington book : how to read politics and politicians / by Lozada, Carlos,author.(CARDINAL)840263;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Washington Book is the perfect guide to the state of our politics, and then men and women who dominate the terrain. It explores the construction of personal identity, the delusions of leadership, and that mix of subservience and ambition that can define a life in politics. The more we read the stories of Washington, Lozada contends, the clearer our understanding of the competing visions of our country."--
Subjects: Political science.; Democracy; Politicians.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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Democracy and leadership / by Babbitt, Irving,1865-1933.(CARDINAL)128071;
Bibliography: pages 367-376.
Subjects: Democracy.; Humanism.; Political science.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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