Lies, Damned Lies, and Science: How to Sort through the Noise around Global Warming, the Latest Health Claims, and Other Scientific Controversies
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780137008872 (0137008872)
Publish date: January 13th 2009
Publisher: Pearson Education
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
I was sick all weekend, so I can't quite remember anything useful, but this is a very good and useful book to explain science, science reporting, and skepticism. It is the lengthy and well-explained answer to the question "Why are there no magic bullets?"
(Polish version)Interesująca książka. Przeczytałam w niej to, co spodziewałam się przeczytać. Nie rozczarowała mnie. Mimo że znałam już niektóre 'pułapki myślenia' przedstawione w tej pracy, miło było je sobie przypomnieć, by nie dać się nabrać na sztuczki marketingowców.Podoba mi się wydanie (estet...
I'm not quite sure who the intended audience is for this one. It's a serious and deeply worthy look at how to make sense of the scientific and pseudo-scientific claims in the media, which is probably too heavy for the average curious Joe Public, and not news for anyone already scientifically minded....
Excellent primer on using intellect and logic to decipher scientific claims, whether they relate to global warming or the newest diet fad. This should be essential reading for all high school and college science classes.
12 years ago
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