Science on Stage: Expert Advice as Public Drama

Author
Not available
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Published
20000901
ISBN
9780804736466
ISBN registration area
English-language area (ISBN 978-0)

Description

Behind the headlines of our time stands an unobtrusive army of science advisers. Panels of scientific, medical, and engineering experts evaluate the safety of the food we eat, the drugs we take, and the cars we drive. But despite the enormous infl...