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Q172.5.E77 G65 2010
Q172
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5
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E77
G65
2010
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
$15.00
0865479186
9780865479180 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
b521314
Bad science :
[Book]
quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks /
Ben Goldacre
1st American ed
New York :
Faber and Faber,
2010
xii, 288 p. :
ill. ;
21 cm
Originally published, in different form: London : Fourth Estate, 2008
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259-273) and index
Matter -- Brain gym -- The Progenium XY complex -- Homeopathy -- The Placebo Effect -- The nonsense du jour -- Nutritionists -- The doctor will sue you now -- Is mainstream medicine evil? -- Why clever people believe stupid things -- Bad stats -- The media's MMR hoax -- And another thing
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While exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies, the author takes the media to task for its willingness to throw facts and proof out the window in its quest to sell more copies. He also teaches you how to evaluate placebo effects, double-blind studies, and sample size, so that you can recognize bad science when you see it
Errors, Scientific, Popular works
Pseudoscience, Popular works
Quackery
Science
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