Bad Science
Ben Goldacre
We are obsessed with our health. And yet -- from the media's "world-expert microbiologist" with a mail-order Ph.D. in his garden shed laboratory, and via multiple health scares and miracle cures -- we are constantly bombarded with inaccurate, contradictory, and sometimes even misleading information. Until now. Ben Goldacre masterfully dismantles the questionable science behind some of the great drug trials, court cases, and missed opportunities of our time, but he also goes further: out of the bullshit, he shows us the fascinating story of how we know what we know, and gives us the tools to uncover bad science for ourselves.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Emblem Editions
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9780771035791
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- Scientific literacyMedical misinformationPseudoscience
Awards
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionShortlistedMajor(2009)
- Royal Society Science Book PrizeShortlisted(2009)
If you liked Bad Science, you could also like these
Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health
Deborah Cohen
0 wins · 3 score
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
Atul Gawande
0 wins · 4 score
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Carl Sagan
1 win · 8 score
Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind over Body
Jo Marchant
0 wins · 3 score
Bottle of Lies: the Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Katherine Eban
0 wins · 3 score
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande
0 wins · 3 score
Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds
Lauren Slater
0 wins · 2 score
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
Lindsey Fitzharris
2 wins · 13 score
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
Laurie Garrett
0 wins · 4 score
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
Holly Tucker
0 wins · 3 score
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou
1 win · 8 score
The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine
James Le Fanu, M.D.
1 win · 8 score
Remaking the American Patient: How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients Into Consumers
Nancy Tomes
1 win · 8 score
Blood Farm: The Explosive Big Pharma Scandal that Altered the AIDS Crisis
Cara McGoogan
0 wins · 2 score
All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today
Elizabeth Comen
0 wins · 2 score