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Bad science : quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks / Ben Goldacre.

By: Goldacre, BenMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Faber and Faber, 2010Edition: 1st American edDescription: xii, 288 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780865479180 (pbk.) :; 0865479186 (pbk.)Subject(s): Errors, Scientific -- Popular works | Pseudoscience -- Popular works | Science -- Popular Works | Quackery -- Popular WorksDDC classification: 500 LOC classification: Q172.5.E77 | G65 2010
Contents:
Matter Brain gym The Progenium XY complex Homeopathy The Placebo Effect The nonsense du jour Nutritionists The doctor will sue you now Is mainstream medicine evil? Why clever people believe stupid things Bad stats The media's MMR hoax And another thing.
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.
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Originally published, in different form: London : Fourth Estate, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259-273) and index.

Matter Brain gym The Progenium XY complex Homeopathy The Placebo Effect The nonsense du jour Nutritionists The doctor will sue you now Is mainstream medicine evil? Why clever people believe stupid things Bad stats The media's MMR hoax And another thing.

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.

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