Practical and theoretical tools for learning how to gather informtion and make up your own mind about contemporary controversies.

In response to the environmental and health issues we are facing, and the unprecedented pace of technological innovation, experts clash and controversies erupt faster than your average citizen can catch up. In this age of uncertainty, when decision-making must often come before a full picture, mapping out controversies can give us a skill for processing the world without ever separating science and technology from society. It teaches us to take into account all perspectives and to conduct analysis of the context from which an object or a phenomenon emerges. This book shows us how, through examples of contemporary controversies chosen for their diversity and the enrichment they have to offer.