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- First study of scientific reasoning during the BSE epidemic in the UK
- Comprehensive discussion of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies that is accessible to non-scientific readers
- Longitudinal study of scientific reasoning as opposed to study of reasoning at a discrete point in time
- Examples of reasoning drawn from primary sources (e.g. evidence presented to the public inquiry into BSE; minutes of meetings of scientific advisory committees)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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, School of Arts and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Louise Cummings
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rethinking the BSE Crisis
Book Subtitle: A Study of Scientific Reasoning under Uncertainty
Authors: Louise Cummings
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9504-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9503-9Published: 20 August 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8491-7Published: 29 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9504-6Published: 09 August 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 242
Topics: Epidemiology, Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Medicine/Public Health, general, Logic