The Geek Manifesto: Why science matters
Whether we want to improve education or cut crime, to enhance public health or to generate clean energy, we need the experimental methods of science - the best tool humanity has yet developed for working out what works. Yet from the way we're governed to the news we're fed by the media we're let...
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Whether we want to improve education or cut crime, to enhance public health or to generate clean energy, we need the experimental methods of science - the best tool humanity has yet developed for working out what works. Yet from the way we're governed to the news we're fed by the media we're let down by a lack of understanding and respect for its insights and evidence. In The Geek Manifesto Mark Henderson explains why and how we need to entrench scientific thinking more deeply into every aspect of our society. A new movement is gathering. Let's turn it into a force our leaders cannot ignore.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780593068236 (0593068238)
Publish date: 2012-05-10
Publisher: Bantam Press
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
And it is happening. Simon Singh got sued when he talked about chiropractors practices with honesty. It is quack and it caused harm in children. I like the passion that feeling finally in a "group" that could influence politics. Geek is now the boss and workers of the world. For me, there ar...