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© 2016, Text by Shawn Otto

Parts of this book appear in Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America, published by Rodale in 2011.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Otto, Shawn Lawrence.

Title: The war on science: who’s waging it, why it matters, what we can do about it / Shawn Otto.

Description: Minneapolis, Minnesota: Milkweed Editions, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016002797 (print) | LCCN 2016009938 (ebook) | ISBN 9781571319524 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Science--Political aspects. | Science--Political aspects--History. | Science--Social aspects. | Science--Social aspects--History.

Classification: LCC Q175.5 .O88 2016 (print) | LCC Q175.5 (ebook) | DDC 303.48/3--dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016002797

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