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Bad Science

Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

July 5, 2011 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9780771035791
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Description

The informative and witty exposé of the "bad science" we are all subjected to, called "one of the essential reads of the year" by New Scientist.

We are obsessed with our health. And yet--from the media's "world-expert microbiologist" with a mail-order Ph.D. in his garden shed laboratory, and via multiple health scares and miracle cures--we are constantly bombarded with inaccurate, contradictory, and sometimes even misleading information. Until now. Ben Goldacre masterfully dismantles the questionable science behind some of the great drug trials, court cases, and missed opportunities of our time, but he also goes further: out of the bullshit, he shows us the fascinating story of how we know what we know, and gives us the tools to uncover bad science for ourselves.

About this Author

BEN GOLDACRE is a British doctor, academic, writer, and broadcaster. He wrote the Bad Science column for The Guardian from 2003 to 2011, where he discussed topics such as pseudoscience and the misuse of science in media. He is now the Bennett Professor of Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford and Director of the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science. His first book, Bad Science, was an international bestseller and has been translated into twenty-five languages, and he is the author of three other books. Goldacre has been awarded many honours, including being named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2018. He lives in London.

ISBN: 9780771035791
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2011-07-05

Reviews

"For sheer savagery, the illusion-destroying, joyous attack on the self-regarding, know-nothing orthodoxies of the modern middle classes, Bad Science cannot be beaten. You'll laugh your head off, then throw all those expensive health foods in the bin." --The Observer (U.K.)

"One of the essential reads of the year." --New Scientist

"If you were to pick up just one non-fiction book this year, you'd do well to make it this one." --Daily Mail

"Thousands of books are enjoyable; many are enlightening; only a very few will ever rate as necessary to social health. This is one of them." --The Independent

"[Bad Science] should be on the national curriculum." --Time Out (five stars)

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