Deceived wisdom : why what you thought was right is wrong / David Bradley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Popular works.

Science.

Science--Miscellanea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Elliott & Thompson, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Are you bored of being told that you have to let that red wine breathe first to improve its taste? If so then 'Deceived Wisdom' is the book for you. It looks at the facts we all think we know and examines why we don't know them at all.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Table of Contents

Introduction

Can a cup of hot tea help you break the law?

Cracking passwords

A different kind of snow

Snack-sized dietary deceptions

The big cheese and one small step

Food fads and fertility

A miscellany of misconceptions

It's brainy cats and dogs

Infernal combustion and the mobile phone

Physics falsehoods

Addicted to addiction

The three Rs of sustainability: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Theory under pressure skates on thin ice

Multitasking men

Dozy deceptions

The most embarrassing sting

Seconds of snack-sized dietary deceptions

Charming modern-day alchemy

Highly strung

A quick warm-up on fitness foolishness

Does size matter?

Indigo

Health hokum

Only dedicated practice makes perfect

Sweetener for my sweet

Another miscellany of misconceptions

Six degrees

Round 2 of fitness foolishness

Red, red wine

The moon's not a balloon

Facts and non-fiction

Goal!

The hangover cure fail

Yet another mixed bag of falsities

A deathly deception

A final round of factitiousness

Afterword

References

Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-908739-35-5

1-908739-37-1

1-908739-36-3

1-908739-59-2