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Junk science : how politicians, corporations, and other hucksters betray us / Dan Agin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agin, D. P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Science.
- Fraud in science.
- Pressure groups.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 323 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2006.
- Summary:
- Provocative and hard-hitting, "Junk Science" takes on the government, industry, and faith groups, all of whom twist scientific fact for their own gain.
- Contents:
- Science, junk science, and dogma
- Fraud and fabrication in science
- The food and diet circus : eat your way to happiness
- GM foods : Frankenstein in a corn patch
- Aging and longevity : live forever now
- Tobacco : drug dealing in America
- Junk medicine, big pharma, big profits
- Quack doctoring : It's a free country, isn't it?
- Health care in America : sorry, not for everyone
- The talk-therapy flea market
- Pollution : private interest and public poison
- Missiles and terrorism : no place to hide
- Global warming : yes, your beach house may be gone
- Creationism : the world as an egg
- Stem cells : the petri dish blues
- Cloning : Will we have a hundred Jerry Falwells?
- Genes and behavior : you need a golf gene here
- Race and IQ : two myths make a bumble
- Our failures : Is anyone innocent?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-309) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312352417
- OCLC:
- 69028729
- Publisher Number:
- 9780312352417
- Online:
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