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2014036659 |
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DLC |
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20190729105536.0 |
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140916s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng |
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| LC control number |
2014036659 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781594206085 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardback) |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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pcc |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
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eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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MvI |
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MiTN |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
Q175.35 |
| Item number |
.D74 2015 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
174.2/8 |
| Edition number |
23 |
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SCI000000 |
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SCI075000 |
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bisacsh |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Dreger, Alice Domurat, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Galileo's middle finger : |
| Remainder of title |
heretics, activists, and the search for justice in science / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Alice Dreger. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Penguin Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
337 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"An investigation of some of the most contentious debates of our time, Galileo's Middle Finger describes Alice Dreger's experiences on the front lines of scientific controversy, where for two decades she has worked as an advocate for victims of unethical research while also defending the right of scientists to pursue challenging research into human identities. Dreger's own attempts to reconcile academic freedom with the pursuit of justice grew out of her research into the treatment of people born intersex (formerly called hermaphrodites). The shocking history of surgical mutilation and ethical abuses conducted in the name of "normalizing" intersex children moved her to become a patient rights' activist. By bringing evidence to physicians and the public, she helped change the medical system. But even as she worked to correct these injustices, Dreger began to witness how some fellow liberal activists, motivated by identity politics, were employing lies and personal attacks to silence scientists whose data revealed inconvenient truths. Troubled, she traveled around the country digging up sources and interviewing the targets of these politically motivated campaigns. Among the subjects she covers in the book are the anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon, falsely accused in a bestselling book of committing genocide against a South American tribe; the psychologist Michael Bailey, accused of abusing transgender women; and the evolutionary biologist E. O. Wilson, accused of fomenting rightwing ideas about human nature. Galileo's Middle Finger describes Dreger's long and harrowing journey back and forth between the two camps for which she felt equal empathy: social justice warriors and researchers determined to put truth before politics"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Science |
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Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Science |
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Political aspects. |
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Scientists |
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Professional ethics. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Heresy in science. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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SCIENCE / General. |
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bisacsh |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects. |
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bisacsh |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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u379675 |
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