SoT Special: Why We've Stopped Trusting Science, by Leslie Cannold
Jul 30, 2011•1 hr 28 min
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Episode description
On Thursday Dr. Leslie Cannold - author, ethicist, commentator and award-winning columnist - spoke to a packed audience at Embiggen Books. She spoke about the various social and economic forces undermining trust in science, and what can be done to restore that trust.
Embiggen Books is Melbourne's newest bookshop, specialising in scientific and skeptical books. According to their website, they boast “the biggest range of popular science titles instock in the observable universe”. They also have a growing range of technical science books as well as fiction, history, economics and much more.
This event was organised by Embiggen Books, Melbourne Skeptics and Melbourne Eastern Hills Skeptics.
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