Time, science and consensus: the different times involving scientific research, political decision and public opinion

This essay analyses the asymmetrical relationship between the time of scientific research and the time of the different segments interested in their results, focusing mainly on necessity to establish technical consensus about the fields of science that require rigorous investigations and texts. In t...

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Main Authors: José Aparecido de, Isaac Epstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp) 2010-01-01
Series:Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-32832010000100010&lng=en&tlng=en