Bad Science Paperback by Ben Goldacre

Product Details

• Publisher: Emblem Editions (2011-07-05)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 304 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780771035791
• Item Weight: 249.48 grams
• Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.23 x 0.8 cm

The informative and witty exposé 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.

About the Author

BEN GOLDACRE is a British doctor, academic, writer, and broadcaster. He wrote the Bad Science column for The Guardian from 2003 to 2011, where he discussed topics such as pseudoscience and the misuse of science in media. He is now the Bennett Professor of Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford and Director of the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science. His first book, Bad Science, was an international bestseller and has been translated into twenty-five languages, and he is the author of three other books. Goldacre has been awarded many honours, including being named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2018. He lives in London.