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Witty takedown of pseudoscience in 8 words.

Recommendation: Bad Science is an entertaining and informative read for anyone interested in the scientific method. Goldacre's wit and sarcasm make this book an enjoyable takedown of pseudoscience and quackery, while also providing a valuable education on the importance of evidence-based thinking.

  • Royal Society Science Book Prize Nominee (2009)
  • Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2009)
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ISBN: 9780007240197
Authors: Ben Goldacre
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date of Publication: 2008-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science
Related Topics: Medicine, Medical, Popular Science, Psychology, Health
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 42951 readers)

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How do we know if a treatment works, or if something causes cancer? Can the claims of homeopaths ever be as true - or as interesting - as the improbable research into the placebo effect? Who created the MMR hoax? Do journalists understand science? Why do we seek scientific explanations for social, personal and political problems? Are alternative therapists and the pharmaceutical companies really so different, or do they just use the same old tricks to sell different types of pill?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, via multiple health scares and miracle cures, to the million-pound trial that Durham Council now denies ever existed - we are constantly bombarded with inaccurate, contradictory and sometimes even misleading information. Until now.Ben Goldacre masterfully dismantles the dodgy 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.
 

Witty takedown of pseudoscience in 8 words.

Recommendation: Bad Science is an entertaining and informative read for anyone interested in the scientific method. Goldacre's wit and sarcasm make this book an enjoyable takedown of pseudoscience and quackery, while also providing a valuable education on the importance of evidence-based thinking.

  • Royal Society Science Book Prize Nominee (2009)
  • Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2009)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.