Bad Science
Descriere
Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his popular Guardian column. In this eye-opening book he takes on the MMR hoax and misleading cosmetics ads, acupuncture and homeopathy, vitamins and mankind's vexed relationship with all manner of 'toxins'. Along the way, the self-confessed 'Johnny Ball cum Witchfinder General' performs a successful detox on a Barbie doll, sees his dead cat become a certified nutritionist and probes the supposed medical qualifications of 'Dr' Gillian Mc Keith. Full spleen and satire, Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating and ultimately alarming journey through the bad science we are fed daily by hacks and quacks.
Despre autor
Ben Michael Goldacre este un medic, academician și scriitor britanic. Este primul profesor Bennett de Medicină Bazată pe Dovezi și director al Institutului Bennett pentru Știința Datelor Aplicate de la Universitatea Oxford. Este fondatorul campaniei AllTrials și al OpenTrials, care urmăresc să impună practici științifice deschise în studiile clinice.
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