How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT - Rilegato

Conis, Elena

 
9781645036746: How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT
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ISBN 10: 164503674X ISBN 13: 9781645036746
Casa editrice: Bold Type Books, 2022

Sinossi

The story of an infamous poison that left toxic bodies and decimated wildlife in its wake is also a cautionary tale about how corporations stoke the flames of science denialism for profit.

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Elena Conis is a writer and historian of medicine, public health, and the environment. She teaches at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and the Department of History, and directs the graduate program in Public Health and Journalism. Her current research focuses on scientific controversies, science denial, and the public understanding of science, and has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine, and the Science History Institute. Her first book, Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization, received the Arthur J. Viseltear Award from the American Public Health Association and was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title and a Science Pick of the Week by the journal Nature.



Elena Conis is a writer and historian of medicine, public health, and the environment. She teaches at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and the Media Studies Program, and directs the graduate program in Public Journalism. Her current research focuses on scientific controversies, science denial, and the public understanding of science, and has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine, and the Science History Institute. Her first book, Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization, received the Arthur J. Viseltear Award from the American Public Health Association and was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title and a Science Pick of the Week by the journal Nature.

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Editore
Bold Type Books
Data di pubblicazione
2022
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
164503674X
ISBN 13 
9781645036746
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
388
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Persona responsabile
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