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October 3rd, 2016 by ben goldacre in bad science no comments. Understanding what counts as evidence should therefore trump memorizing the. Drug company research on new medicines generally gets positive results. The reason we do science in the first place is so that our own atomized experiences and prejudices dont mislead us, as ben goldacre of the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine puts it in his new book, bad science. Its not a thriller, its a nonfiction work of popular science. If you want to get a feel for the material before buying, ben goldacre s blog, also named bad science, will give you a feel. This book will be about all the bad science we are constantly bombarded with in the.
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Ben goldacre is a writer, broadcaster, and doctor best known for the bad science column in the guardian. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 338 pages and is available in paperback format. Ben goldacre is a doctor, academic, campaigner and writer whose work focuses on uses and misuses of science and statistics by journalists, politicians, drug companies and quacks. The author writes the weekly bad science column for the guardian, which, like the book, is intended to help people who are angry about the evils of the pharmaceutical industry and nervous about the role of profit in health care. Bad science by ben goldacre skewers quack health claims and other deliberate deceptions perpetrated in the name of science. Ben goldacre, a british physician and author, has written a very funny and biting book critiquing what he calls bad science. Like some kind of johnny ball cum witchfinder general, using his girlfriends barbie doll, he. Bad science is a book by ben goldacre, criticising mainstream media reporting on health and science issues. Sep 29, 2011 doctor and epidemiologist ben goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical.
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