Bad Science
By: Ben Goldacre.
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780007240197
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Errors, Scientific -- Popular works; Science -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-338).
Table of contents: label: Introduction
title: ix; label: 1
title: Matter
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Brain Gym
pagenum: 13; label: 3
title: The Progenium XY Complex
pagenum: 21; label: 4
title: Homeopathy
pagenum: 28; label: 5
title: The Placebo Effect
pagenum: 63; label: 6
title: The Nonsense du Jour
pagenum: 86; label: 7
title: Dr Gillian McKeith PhD
pagenum: 112; label: 8
title: 'Pill Solves Complex Social Problem
pagenum: 136; label: 9
title: Professor Patrick Holford
pagenum: 161; label: 10
title: Is Mainstream Medicine Evil?
pagenum: 181; label: 11
title: How the Media Promote the Public Misunderstanding of Science
pagenum: 207; label: 12
title: Why Clever People Believe Stupid Things
pagenum: 225; label: 13
title: Bad Stats
pagenum: 239; label: 14
title: Health Scares
pagenum: 261; label: 15
title: The Media's MMR Hoax
pagenum: 273; label: And Another Thing
title: 315; label: Further Reading and Acknowledgements
title: 323; label: Notes
title: 325