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Bad science : quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks / Ben Goldacre.
Van Pelt Library Q172.5.E77 G65 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldacre, Ben.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Errors, Scientific--Popular works.
- Errors, Scientific.
- Pseudoscience--Popular works.
- Pseudoscience.
- Quackery.
- Science.
- Medical Subjects:
- Quackery.
- Science.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Faber and Faber, 2010.
- Summary:
- While exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies, the author takes the media to task for its willingness to throw facts and proof out the window in its quest to sell more copies. He also teaches you how to evaluate placebo effects, double-blind studies, and sample size, so that you can recognize bad science when you see it.
- Contents:
- 1. Matter
- 2. Brain Gym
- 3. The Progenium XY Complex
- 4. Homeopathy
- 5. The Placebo Effect
- 6. The Nonsense du Jour
- 7. Nutritionists
- 8. The Doctor Will Sue You Now
- 9. Is Mainstream Medicine Evil
- 10. Why Clever People Believe Stupid Things
- 11. Bad Stats
- 12. The Media's MMR Hoax
- And Another Thing.
- Notes:
- Originally published, in different form: London : Fourth Estate, 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780865479180
- 0865479186
- OCLC:
- 535494941
- Online:
- Additional Information at Google Books
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