Climate reconstruction and the making of authoritative scientific knowledge

Because the authority of science is thought to legitimise governmental regulations to restrict the emission of so-called greenhouse gases (GHGs), in this thesis I study the making of authoritative scientific knowledge through the lens of a controversy about climate reconstruction. While controversie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hampel, Mathis
Other Authors: Lorimer, Jamie ; Demeritt, David Burgess
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.676984