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Bad advice : or why celebrities, politicians, and activists aren't your best source of health information

text Bad advice : or why celebrities, politicians, and activists aren't your best source of health information

Summary
Scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires. Enter celebrities, advocates, lobbyists-- people taking advantage of scientists' reluctance to provide easy answers, flooding the media with m... Read more
Contents
Prologue: On being naïve -- What science is -- and what it isn't -- White mice and windowless rooms -- An alibi for ignorance -- Feeding the beast -- To debate or not to debate -- Make 'em laugh -- Science goes to the movies -- The Emperor's new c... Read more
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xiv, 251 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher
Columbia University Press 2018

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Fife Lake Public Library 362.101 OFF in Adult Non-fiction Available

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