Bad Science

Bad Science

Paperback (02 Apr 2009)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations.

Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his popular Guardian column. In this eye-opening book he takes on the MMR hoax and misleading cosmetics ads, acupuncture and homeopathy, vitamins and mankind's vexed relationship with all manner of 'toxins'. Along the way, the self-confessed 'Johnny Ball cum Witchfinder General' performs a successful detox on a Barbie doll, sees his dead cat become a certified nutritionist and probes the supposed medical qualifications of 'Dr' Gillian McKeith.

Full spleen and satire, Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating and ultimately alarming journey through the bad science we are fed daily by hacks and quacks.

Book information

ISBN: 9780007284870
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Pub date:
DEWEY: 500
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 370
Weight: 268g
Height: 192mm
Width: 123mm
Spine width: 25mm