Don't panic, panic!: [the use and abuse of science to create fear]

Melbourne, Australia: Text Pub. Co. (1993)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Examines whether many of the perceived threats to our well-being, such as the greenhouse effect, the hole in the ozone layer, smoking, and eating certain foods, are really causes for concern. Indexed. The author is a physicist and engineer and a former head of the Australian government's department of science.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

Call number

Q175.5.F38 1993

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 101,551

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Ozone Layer: A Philosophy of Science Perspective.Maureen Christie - 2001 - Cambridge University Press.
Discovery of the hole in the ozone layer: environmental awareness and fighting scientific fake news.H. M. Silva - forthcoming - Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics.
Science under attack: the age of unreason.Ralph B. Alexander - 2018 - New York: Algora Publishing.
Pas de panique ?Juliette Vazard & Bonard Constant Charles - 2021 - Les ateliers de l'éthique/The Ethics Forum 16 (1):4-17.
Moral Panic about Drugs in the News Portal delfi.lt.Daumantas Stumbrys - 2012 - Santalka: Filosofija, Komunikacija 20 (1):70-77.
The ozone hole: An environmental concern of modern times.Neerja Jaiswal - 2008 - In Kuruvila Pandikattu (ed.), Dancing to Diversity: Science-Religion Dialogue in India. Serials Publications. pp. 110.
Coronavirus, the great toilet paper panic and civilisation.Jon Stratton - 2021 - Thesis Eleven 165 (1):145-168.
Panic! Affect Contagion, Mimesis and Suggestion in the Social Field.Anna Gibbs - 2008 - Cultural Studeis Review 14 (2):130-145.
Vigilante violence and “forward panic” in Johannesburg’s townships.Mark Gross - 2016 - Theory and Society 45 (3):239-263.

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
0

6 months
0

Historical graph of downloads

Sorry, there are not enough data points to plot this chart.
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references