Die Wissenschaftslüge: Wie uns Pseudo-Wissenschaftler das Leben schwer machen (German Edition)
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9783104003030
Publish date: January 21st 2010
Publisher: Fischer E-Books
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Science,
Popular Science,
Health,
Medical,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Psychology,
Medicine,
Skepticism
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre “I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me - I would go so far as to say that it's my favourite leisure activity.” I'm an avid fan of More or Less, the popular statistics radio programme on BBC Radio, and I always enjoy Ben Goldacre's appearances ...
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It has been a while since I've blogged one of my book reviews. I guess that is part of the parenting manual that I didn't read: hobbies are no longer priorities. There have been plenty of good books pass before my eyes since my last review, but I felt content just to let a short sentence, a star rat...
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