{"product_id":"when-science-becomes-a-weapon-hardcover","title":"When Science Becomes a Weapon - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard L. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience gave humanity fire, medicine, agriculture, flight, electricity, and the means to understand the universe. It also gave us weapons. That is not the danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe greater danger begins when science itself becomes the weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhen Science Becomes a Weapon\u003c\/em\u003e, Richard L. Kennedy examines a recurring pattern in human history: knowledge becomes power when it is controlled, protected from challenge, and used to demand obedience. From priest-astronomers who could predict eclipses, to eugenicists who measured human worth, to political systems that elevated ideology above evidence, Kennedy follows the moment when explanation becomes authority-and authority becomes coercion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not an argument against science. It is an argument for real science: transparent methods, open questions, evidence that can be examined, and conclusions that remain subject to revision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weapon is not the eclipse. The weapon is the exclusive claim to explain it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the history of eugenics, Lysenkoism, public-health emergency powers, institutional consensus, and modern scientific bureaucracy, Kennedy asks the question that matters most: Where does scientific evidence end, and where does the demand for compliance begin?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen Science Becomes a Weapon\u003c\/em\u003e is Volume 10 of the \u003cem\u003eSettled Science Heresy\u003c\/em\u003e series-a challenge to the habit of confusing credentialed authority with truth, and an appeal to every independent mind unwilling to surrender the right to ask questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68418064285917,"sku":"9798182748773","price":51.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/j_moMMf1SB9798182748773.webp?v=1793778492","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/when-science-becomes-a-weapon-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}