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Dan Fagin

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A science journalism professor at New York University, Dan Fagin is a nationally prominent journalist on environmental health topics. His new book, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. It has been described as “a new classic of science reporting” (The New York Times), “a gripping environmental thriller” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), “a crisp, hard-nosed probe into corporate arrogance and the power of public resistance” (Publishers Weekly), “required environmental reading” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), and "an absorbing and thoughtful navigation of our era of synthetic chemicals" (USA Today). ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 4,696 ratings · 615 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation 4.09 avg rating — 4,672 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toxic Deception: How the Chemical Industry Manipulates Science, Bends the Law and Endangers Your Health by Dan Fagin (Goodreads Author), Marianne Lavelle 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Toxic Deception: How the Chemical Industry Manipulates Science, Bends the Law, and Endangers Your Health by Dan Fagin (1997-02-02) by Dan Fagin (Goodreads Author), Marianne Lavelle, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter, General Nonfiction, 1964

14 votes, 25.9%

Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion by Edward J. Larson, History, 1998

7 votes, 13.0%

"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power, General Nonfiction, 2003

7 votes, 13.0%

The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism by Tina Rosenberg, General Nonfiction, 1996

6 votes, 11.1%

Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin, General Nonfiction, 2014

6 votes, 11.1%

Growing Up by Russell Baker, Autobiography, 1983

5 votes, 9.3%

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic by Alan Taylor, History 1996

5 votes, 9.3%

Mary Chesnut's Civil War by C. Vann Woodward, History, 1982

4 votes, 7.4%

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