About the contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. About the contributors vii
4. Foreword 1
5. Introduction 7
6. Chapter 1. The dam project: Who are the experts? 17
7. Chapter 2. Rational decisions in a disagreement with experts 35
8. Chapter 3. Rethinking the notion of public 53
9. Chapter 4. The expert you are (not) 71
10. Chapter 5. Decisions without scientists? 87
11. Chapter 6. Save the planet, win the election 109
12. Chapter 7. Science and the source of legitimacy in democratic regimes 127
13. Chapter 8. The ethics of communication and the Terra Terra project 145
14. Chapter 9. The political use of science 165
15. Chapter 10. The dialectical legacy of epigenetics 185
16. Index 197