A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231168724ISBN-10:231168721UPC:9780231168724Book Category:Education, Mathematics, ScienceBook Subcategory:Teaching, Study & Teaching, PhysicsBook Topic:Subjects, Mathematical & ComputationalSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC84JTNEEF
A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind
We live in the Information Age, with billions of bytes of data just two swipes away. Yet how much of this is mis- or even disinformation? A lot of it is, and your search engine can't tell the difference. As a result, an avalanche of misinformation threatens to overwhelm the discourse we so desperately need to address complex social problems such as climate change, the food and water crises,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231168724ISBN-10:231168721UPC:9780231168724Book Category:Education, Mathematics, ScienceBook Subcategory:Teaching, Study & Teaching, PhysicsBook Topic:Subjects, Mathematical & ComputationalSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC84JTNEEF
David J. Helfand is the chair of the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University where he has served on the faculty for four decades. He has also been a visiting scientist at the Danish Space Research Institute, the Sackler Distinguished Visiting Astronomer at Cambridge University, and president of the American Astronomical Society. He was a founding tutor and served as president and vice...
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