Counterknowledge : (Record no. 9547)
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fixed length control field | 00803cam a2200157 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 1843546752 (hbk): |
Terms of availability | 12.99GBP |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | THOMPSON Damian |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Counterknowledge : |
Remainder of title | how we surrendered to conspiracy theories, quack medicine, bogus science and fake history / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Damien Thompson |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Atlantic Books, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2008 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 162 p. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Counterknowledge is defined as misinformation packaged to look like fact and accepted as such by millions of people. This book demolishes what it describes as a pandemic of credulous thinking, an infection whose spread has ironically been enabled by the entirely scientific achievements of digital technology. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | KNOWLEDGE |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | CONSPIRACY THEORIES |
945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) | |
i | 23740-1001 |
r | Y |
s | Y |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | Mindef Library & Info Centre | Mindef Library & Info Centre | On-Shelf | 22/05/2008 | 1 | 001.96 THO | 23740-1001 | 25/09/2008 | 1 | 03/01/2024 | Book |