Dark Matter

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4462-5238-3
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 288 g

Reihe: Index on Censorship

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Glanville, Jo

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editorial - Jo Glanville

DISPATCHES

Lessons for Leveson - Julian Petley

An Interview With Louis Blom-Cooper
Speed Dating History - Abdelkader Benali

Reflections on the Events that Led to Revolution
DARK MATTER
Choking Debate - Tracey Brown

Fear of Legal Action Is Stifling Science
Data Trap - Sam Geall

Is too Little Being Done, too Late?
Secret Trials - Deborah Cohen

Lack of Openness In Drugs Research Endangers Lives

Daring To Doubt - Michael Blastland

Admitting to Uncertainty in Science Takes Courage

Saving Souls - Heather Weaver

The Creationists Are on for a Battle

Burden of Proof - Michael Brooks

Scientific Discovery Needs Rebel
Stripsearch

Martin Rowson

Information Gap - Fred Pearce

Scientists Are Torn on the Merits of Sharing Data

Shooting the Messenger - Michael Halpern

Scientists Are Coming under Pressure

Smog Rules - Rick Piltz

Obama Takes on the Sceptics

Articles of Faith - Richard Smith

Open Access Is the Way Forward
Whistle Stop - Peter Wilmshurst

Exposing Misconduct Can Ruin Careers
FIRST PERSON
A Lesson in Tyranny - Boualem Sansal

Torture Is Giving Way to New Methods of Control
Wet Night of Deliverance - Alireza Mahmoudi Iranmehr

A Woman Is Driven to Desperate Measures

How to Make Tea - Mustapha Abdel Dayem

Instructions in a Fine Art: Short Story from Western Sahara
INDEX INDEX
A Round-Up of Science Censorship Stories

Über Autor(innen)

Glanville, Jo
Jo Glanville is Director of English PEN and joined the organization in September 2012 from Index on Censorship, where she served as an award-winning Editor since 2006.