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Trained in oxford and london, with brief forays into academia, goldacre works fulltime for the national health service. 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. I bet you thought that i would love this book, and write all about how you must read it, and that it succinctly discusses every key issue pertaining to alternative medicine and pseudoscience, and that ben goldacre is a witty and entertaining writer. Ben goldacre is a british science writer and psychiatrist, born in 1974. In this eyeopening book he takes on the mmr hoax and misleading cosmetics ads, acupuncture and homeopathy, vitamins and mankinds vexed relationship with all manner of toxins. Author of the guardians weekly bad science column and bad science. Bad science by ben goldacre read online on bookmate. Posted on february 8, 2011 updated on february 10, 2011. Sep 27, 2008 theres a chapter in his new book titled how the media promote the public misunderstanding of science in which goldacre claims to have debunked more than 500 news stories since his crusade began. Theres an extra chapter in the paperback after vitaminpill manufacturer matthias rath dropped his libel.
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Dr ben goldacre is the author of the bad science column in the guardian and his book is about all the bad science we are constantly bombarded with in the media and in advertising. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title bad science. In some sense this book is more about the importance of the free press than bad science. He is the author of the bad science column in the guardian. Apr 05, 2015 ben goldacre is a physician, academic and science writer.
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