The Geek Manifesto: Why science matters - Couverture rigide

Henderson, Mark

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593068238 ISBN 13 : 9780593068236

Editeur : Bantam Press, 2012

Synopsis

One of Britain's leading science communicators makes an agenda-setting argument that scientific evidence is crucial to all aspects of public life with a rallying call to all geeks and wannabe geeks to take action.Shortlisted for the Political Book Awards Polemic of the Year 2012.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mark Henderson is Head of Communications at the Wellcome Trust. Previously he was the Science editor of The Times and a columnist for The Times science magazine, Eureka. In 2011 Mark was awarded the European Best Cancer Reporter Prize and the Royal Statistical Society Prize for statistical excellence in journalism. He has won three awards from the Medical Journalists Association. He remains a regular commentator on science in the press, for television and radio, online, and at live events. He tweets as @markgfh.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

We live in a country where:

One one of our 650 MPs is a scientist.

The government sacked its drugs adviser for putting science above public opinion.

The media whipped up a groundless vaccine scare that threatens children's lives - and then honoured one of the journalists behind it with a coveted prize.

A writer can be forced into court for telling the scientific truth.

The NHS spends taxpayers' money on sugar pills it knows won't work.

A mother was convicted of murdering her children because the 'experts' couldn't do maths.

Isn't it time we took action?

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

There has never been a better time to be a geek. What was once an insult used to marginalize the curious has become a badge of honour. People who care about science have stopped apologizing for their interests, and are gaining the political confidence to stand up for them instead.

The geeks are coming. And our world needs us.

Whether we want to improve education or cut crime, to enhance healthcare or generate clean energy, we need the experimental methods of science - the best tool humanity has yet developed for working out what works. Yet from the way we're governed to the news we're fed by the media, we're let down by a lack of understanding and respect for its insights and evidence.

It's time to stop the nonsense!

In The Geek Manifesto, Mark Henderson explains why and how we need to entrench scientific thinking more deeply into public life. What politicians think matters less than how they think. A new movement is gathering. Let's turn it into a force our leaders cannot ignore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0593068238
• ISBN 13: 9780593068236
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible