I love science and have been involved in it (not as a researcher) for years. Lately it has utterly dismayed me how those who lead us seemingly either have little understanding of it. And or little regard. Why? I read this book looking for answers.
Focusing a bit on the Bush years (so this has nothing to do with this Administration, or at least not in detail), Mooney explores just how it is that the very thing that fuels our economy, saves our lives and informs our existence can be disregarded by the powerful.
Short answer: It's all for the money, honey.
The long answer--which is very eye-opening indeed--is well worth this read. Well worth it. Some of the players in the mess are still playing, and using the same toys.
I found Mooney's writing to be fairly streamlined--here and there a little dull--but rather full of abbreviations for committees and associations...but that was truly the only annoying thing.
It's also heavily annotated, which may reassure some readers that the book is basically full of dry but disturbing facts, instead of dry but disturbing opinion.
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The Republican War on Science Paperback – August 29, 2006
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Chris Mooney is the author of The Republican War on Science and Storm World. A Knight fellow in science journalism at MIT, he contributes to many publications, including Mother Jones, Wired, the Boston Globe, and Slate. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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- ASIN : 0465046762
- Publisher : Basic Books (August 29, 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 376 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780465046768
- ISBN-13 : 978-0465046768
- Item Weight : 13.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.85 x 11 inches
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Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2017
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Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2016
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Great book for those looking to understand the evolution of science policy on the federal level in the United States. However, the biggest drawback is that the book has an enormous anti-republican bias that sometimes overshadows and undermines some of the arguments the author is trying to make. That being said the book consistently provides ample evidence and facts to support its arguments and is an absolute must-read for all people interested in public policy and all political science students.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2014
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This book highlights a variety of partisan Republican political activities that -- in a variety of ways -- show the GOP's misuse of science and its lack of interest in reality-based policymaking. It also explicitly provides evidence for the reason for the GOP's use/misuse/abuse of science, which is to satisfy the core constituency it has developed in the past 30 years (read: industry and religious conservatives). The book only goes through ~2006. It would be useful for Mooney to update the text to consider how the GOP (and Democrats) have behaved with respect to science since the election of President Obama.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2015
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Chris Mooney writes about Republican's view on science. In particular, he takes a look at the Bush administration and his stance on different topics such as stem cell research, global warming, the creation and evolution topic, alternative medicine, and pollution. I believe that this book is informative, however I also believe it is an attack on the Republican view of scientific claims. Mooney argues that this administration distorted scientific claims in order to further its own political beliefs. This book meets science head on it terms of political beliefs. I would recommend this book to the average reader, however I would urge them to be open-minded when reading it. Just like any topic, it is important to see both sides of an argument. Chris Mooney does a good job laying the foundation for this topic, but more research can be done regarding the truthfulness of what he says. I enjoyed reading this to get a point of view on Republicans and science, however I also did research after to see if what was being said was truthful.
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2014
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As a physician scientist, I am always appalled by the scientific ignorance and pride in stupidity of the religious right. It's a swell written and well referenced book about a social tragedy in America that exemplifies the anti-science, anti-education right wing (also anti-worker and anti-women, but that's off topic).
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Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2014
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The book recounts a terrifying tale of politicians re-writing science to cater to political, religious and economic desires. By recruiting scientists to lie, politicians and big business undermine the public's trust in science, at a time when only science can ameliorate the coming global catastrophe. It was a hard book for me to read, as I had to keep putting it down until I could stop shaking with anger.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2019
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I got it as a present for my brother and he said that all of the stuff they talk about in the book is still relevant to today
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Jim Bowen
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A really depressing read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2014Verified Purchase
This is a horribly depressing book about how the American Republican Party twists and mangles science to its' own ends.
The book was a fairly easy read, if a little disjointed in places (I couldn't quite see why Mooney moves from one topic to another on occasion.
My biggest grumble now would be that it's a bit dated (I read the book in 2014). I focusses on the Bush White House, and its' associated congress.
The book was a fairly easy read, if a little disjointed in places (I couldn't quite see why Mooney moves from one topic to another on occasion.
My biggest grumble now would be that it's a bit dated (I read the book in 2014). I focusses on the Bush White House, and its' associated congress.
Luis Monroy Gómez Franco
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The Republican War on Science
Reviewed in Mexico on March 3, 2017Verified Purchase
Es un excelente libro que relata los mecanismos mediante los cuales el movimiento conservador del Partido Republicano trata de disminuir la participación de la ciencia (y de la evidencia empírica) en los debates sobre políticas públicas. Si bien se centra en lo que ocurrió en el gobierno de Bush II se trata de un buen antecedente de lo que vemos en la administración de Trump.
Thomas A. Regelski
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2018Verified Purchase
A bit polemical and the examples covered are out of date and no longer relevant to the Trump era.
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