Shaun c hendy (2 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 128 pages. The nuclear meltdown at Fukushima . the Fonterra botulism scare . the Chr istchurch earthquakes - in all these recent crises the role played by scientists has been under the spotlight. What is the first duty of scientists in a crisis - to the government, to their employer, or to the wider public desperate for inf ormation? And what if these different objectives clash? In this penetrating BWB Text, leading scientist Shaun Hendy finds that in New Zealand, the public obliga tion of the scientist is often far from clear and that there have been many dist urbing instances of scientists being silenced. Experts who have information the public seeks, he finds, have been prevented from speaking out. His own experienc es have led him to conclude that New Zealanders have few scientific institutions that feel secure enough to criticise the government of the day. …

Condición: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.