The Noble Lie: When Scientists Give the Right Answers for the Wrong Reasons (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780470072776)

Vendor: Gary Greenberg
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Format: Hardcover
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The Noble Lie: When Scientists Give the Right Answers for the Wrong Reasons

$26.99

The Noble Lie: When Scientists Give the Right Answers for the Wrong Reasons

$26.99
Format: Hardcover
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Is drug addiction really a disease? Is sexuality inborn and fixed or mutable? Science is where we often turn when we can't achieve moral clarity. In The Noble Lie, acclaimed and controversial science writer Gary Greenberg shows how scientists try to use their findings to resolve the dilemmas raised by some of the most hotly contested issues of our time, from gay rights to euthanasia and the drug war. He reveals how their answers often turn out to be more fiction than science-and explores whether they cause more harm than good.

Author: Gary Greenberg
ISBN-10: 0470072776
ISBN-13: 9780470072776
Publisher: Trade Paper Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.46w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/28/2008 pg. 64
Booklist 09/01/2008 pg. 13
By Gary Greenberg
By Gary Greenberg
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GARY GREENBERG has written about the intersection of science, politics, and ethics for many magazines, include "Harper's," the "New Yorker," "Wired," "Discover," "Rolling Stone," and "Mother Jones," where he's a contributing writer. His reporting has been widely reprinted and anthologized, including in "The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2002." He is also a practicing psychotherapist in Connecticut.

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