http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
why we need to reconsider school science teaching
1 online resource ( xii, 230 pages) : illustrations (some color).
In science we trust? -- Vaccination and its discontents -- "After they give us the blood tests...they said we had bad blood" : scientists' discrimination, injustice, and... conspiracies -- "The Compulsory Vaccination Act...invades...the liberty of the subject, and the sanctity of home" : individual liberties and bodily autonomy -- "The practice of medicine is based on calculated risk" : why uncertainty is inherent in science -- "The government feels their convulsions might have happened anyway. Dr. Murphy disagrees..." : conflicting "expert" claims -- "The medical profession was wrong, in some cases shamefully so" : flawed science and unreliable review procedures -- "There are no studies that disprove it either" : what constitutes evidence in science -- "The government received our petition and immediately conceded. A vaccine injury had caused permanent brain damage" : political decisions and their implications -- "Bring back our #ChildhoodDiseases they keep you healthy fight cancer" : the lack of directly observable evidence.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]