Agnotology, Scientific Consensus, and the Teaching and Learning of Climate Change: A Response to Legates, Soon and Briggs

Science and Education

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2019-2030

  Bedford, Daniel ^a   Cook, John ^b,c  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84879944343     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-013-9608-3     Document Type: Review

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