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The informative and witty expose 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.

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Health & Wellbeing >> Advice on the stages of life >> Home nursing & caringScience & Mathematics >> Science: general issues >> Popular science Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication Date: 02/04/2009 ISBN-13: 9780007284870  Details: Type: Paperback Format: Books
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