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UNINA9910451887003321 |
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Isaacs Neil David <1931-> |
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You bet your life : the burdens of gambling / / Neil D. Isaacs |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2001 |
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©2001 |
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0-8131-5777-3 |
0-8131-7098-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Compulsive gambling |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Seven other myths about gambling -- Gambling and the irrational -- The high-profile profile -- The compulsion to lose -- Gambling and anxiety -- Gambling and depression -- Gambling and psychosis -- Filling the void -- Gambling and the brothers barthelme -- Gambling and the personality disorders -- Gambling and addiction. |
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We are a nation of gamblers: pari-mutuel wagering at horse tracks; blackjack in Las Vegas; the NCAA basketball office pool; even day trading on the internet. Gambling is both our national pastime and our predominant cultural metaphor -- play the field; beat the odds; take a chance on love. Yet gambling poses serious risks to individuals and to society as a whole.Neil Isaacs -- sports historian, licensed clinical social worker, English professor, and a gambler himself for more than fifty years -- seeks to shatter the myths interfering with our understanding of gambling addiction, its causes, an |
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UNINA9910164971903321 |
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Summary : Merchants of Doubt / / BusinessNews Publishing |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : CapitolReader, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (25 p.) |
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Scientists - Professional ethics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Intro -- Title page -- Book Presentation -- Book Abstract -- About the Author -- Important Note About This Ebook -- Summary of Merchants of Doubt (Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway) -- The Big Six -- Tobacco Causes Cancer -- Star Wars - Applying the Tobacco Strategy to the Strategic Defense Initiative -- Acid Rain and the Ozone Hole - Applying the Tobacco Strategy in New Contexts -- Secondhand Smoke - Bad Science or Even Worse Politics? -- Global Warming - Scientific Fact or Scientific Trojan Horse? -- Conclusion -- Buy the Book -- About the Summary Publisher -- Copyright. |
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This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway in their book "Merchant of Doubt, How a Handful of scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming". This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway book.Oreskes and Conway argue that science must wait until empirical proof emerges to draw conclusions. Hence they say that the best way to discredit science regarding the climate chang |
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