Hoodwinking the Nation

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 iul 1999

Most people in the United States believe that our environment is getting dirtier, we are running out of natural resources, and population growth is a burden and a threat. These beliefs according to Simon, are entirely wrong. Why do the media report so much false bad news about these? And why do we believe it? Those are the questions distinguished scholar, Julian Simon set out to answer in this book.

Citește tot Restrânge

Toate formatele și edițiile

	Preț	Express
Paperback (1)	428^.46 lei 6-8 săpt.
Taylor & Francis – 15 feb 2006	428^.46 lei 6-8 săpt.
Hardback (1)	773^.15 lei 6-8 săpt.
Taylor & Francis – 31 iul 1999	773^.15 lei 6-8 săpt.

Preț: 773^.15 lei

Preț vechi: 1032^.65 lei
-25% Nou

Puncte Express: 1160

:
148^.01€ • 152^.30$ • 124^.76£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 01-15 martie

Adaugă în coș

Wish list
Gift list
Am citit!

Adaugă în listă

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781560004349
ISBN-10: 1560004347
Pagini: 154
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.95 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction; 1: What Do Americans Wrongly Believe about Environment, Resources, and Population?; 2: The Vanishing Farmland Scam; 3: The Concepts That Lead to Scares about Resources and Population Growth; 4: Why Does the Public Not Hear Sound Environmental Thinkers?; 5: Why Are So Many Biologists Alarmed?; 6: The Old-Time Journalistic Methods Don't Work Here; 7: Damn Lies, Statistics, and Doomsday; 8: Personal Knowledge versus Media-Shaped Opinions; 9: How Psychology Affects the Evaluation of Trends; 10: Why Do We Hear Prophecies of Doom from Every Side?; Conclusion

Descriere

Most people in the United States believe that our environment is getting dirtier, we are running out of natural resources, and population growth is a burden and a threat

Papetărie, jocuri, reviste