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Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks Softcover - 2010

by Goldacre, Ben

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Taking aim at quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies, Goldacre takes on America and its bad science, in this revised version of his runaway UK bestseller.

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New York: Faber & Faber. Very Good+. 2010. Softcover. 0865479186 . Card covers show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; "Ben Goldacre has made a point of exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies. He has also taken the media to task for its willingness to throw facts and proof out the window. But he's not here just to tell you what's wrong. Goldacre is here to teach you how to evaluate placebo effects, double-blind studies, and sample sizes, so that you can recognize bad science when you see it. You're about to feel a whole lot better." .
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  • Title Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
  • Author Goldacre, Ben
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Very Good+
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Faber & Faber, New York
  • Date 2010
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 21594
  • ISBN 9780865479180 / 0865479186
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.08 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (20.52 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Pseudoscience, Errors, Scientific
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010014401
  • Dewey Decimal Code 500

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  • Booklist, 10/15/2010, Page 7
  • Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/2010, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 09/15/2010, Page 96
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/15/2010, Page 62
  • Newsweek, 11/08/2010, Page 26
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/23/2010, Page 0

About the author

Ben Goldacre is a writer, broadcaster, and doctor best known for the Bad Science column in The Guardian. Trained in Oxford and London, with brief forays into academia, Goldacre works full-time for the National Health Service.

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