Abstract
Bad Science Ben Goldacre Fourth Estate Ltd 2008 PB 252 £12.99 978-0007240197 ![][1]</img> I learned a new word today: Polemic: ‘The art or practice of aggressive debate, attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another’. This is the best way to describe Goldacre's work most recently brought together in the book Bad Science . According to Sir Iain Chalmers, quoted on the cover, it arms readers with ‘basic scientific principles to help everyone become a more effective bullshit detector’. Right on. As a popular science text it is a breath of fresh, objective air written with style. Starting with cosmetics and the ‘detox’ industry, he then moves onto easy targets like Gillian McKeith. He … [1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif
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