{"product_id":"galileos-middle-finger-heretics-activists-and-one-scholars-search-for-justice-paperback","title":"Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar's Search for Justice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Dreger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Smart, delightful . . . a splendidly entertaining education in ethics, activism, and science.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editor's Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An impassioned defense of intellectual freedom and a clarion call to intellectual responsibility, \u003ci\u003eGalileo's Middle Finger\u003c\/i\u003e is one American's eye-opening story of life in the trenches of scientific controversy. For two decades, historian Alice Dreger has led a life of extraordinary engagement, combining activist service to victims of unethical medical research with defense of scientists whose work has outraged identity politics activists. With spirit and wit, Dreger offers in\u003ci\u003e Galileo's Middle Finger \u003c\/i\u003ean unforgettable vision of the importance of rigorous truth seeking in today's America, where both the free press and free scholarly inquiry struggle under dire economic and political threats. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This illuminating chronicle begins with Dreger's own research into the treatment of people born intersex (once called hermaphrodites). Realization of the shocking surgical and ethical abuses conducted in the name of \"normalizing\" intersex children's gender identities moved Dreger to become an internationally recognized patient rights activist. But even as the intersex rights movement succeeded, Dreger began to realize how some fellow progressive activists were employing lies and personal attacks to silence scientists whose data revealed uncomfortable truths about humans. In researching one such case, Dreger suddenly became the target of just these kinds of attacks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Troubled, she decided to try to understand more--to travel the country to ferret out the truth behind various controversies, to obtain a global view of the nature and costs of these battles. \u003ci\u003eGalileo's Middle Finger\u003c\/i\u003e describes Dreger's long and harrowing journeys between the two camps for which she felt equal empathy: social justice activists determined to win and researchers determined to put hard truths before comfort. Ultimately what emerges is a lesson about the intertwining of justice and of truth--and a lesson of the importance of responsible scholars and journalists to our fragile democracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGalileo's Middle Finger\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An engrossing volume that is sure to undo any lingering notions that academic debate is the province of empiricists who pledge allegiance to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth . . . Dreger's clear and well-paced prose makes for compelling . . . reading.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Dreger \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and the author of \u003ci\u003eHermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been discussed in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScience \u003c\/i\u003eand on CNN, and her op-eds have appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. She has appeared as a guest expert on \u003ci\u003eOprah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Savage Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Good Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e, and NPR. Her TED talk, \"Is Anatomy Destiny?,\" has been viewed more than 850,000 times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44441440944230,"sku":"9780143108115","price":35.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/pK53Csr1BK9780143108115.webp?v=1770573284","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/galileos-middle-finger-heretics-activists-and-one-scholars-search-for-justice-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}