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Bad science quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks

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-bl...

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Main Author: Goldacre, Ben
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Faber and Faber, c2010.
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Errors, Scientific.
Pseudoscience.
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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.
Item Description:Originally published: London : Fourth Estate, 2008.
Physical Description:xii, 288 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780865479180 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0865479186 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Ben Goldacre has made a point of exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies. He has also taken the media to task for its willingness, to throw facts and proof out the window. But he's not here just to tell you what's wrong. Goldacre is here to teach so that you can recognize bad science when you see it. you're about to feel a whole lot better.

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