false 3272165 3 3308349 5 5 2008 Bad Science total:241|5:97|4:110|3:28|2:4|1:2| 241 1019 518 75 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 4 1 false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 03:17:06 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 03:20:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4605017 000728487X 9780007284870 51 15 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4605017.Bad_Science 3 0 false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 06:40:11 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 06:56:36 -0800 2009
Non-UK readers will find parts of it difficult to under...more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 4 2 false Wed Nov 11 15:54:23 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 17:21:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed May 13 02:31:47 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 02:18:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4605017 000728487X 9780007284870 51 15 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4605017.Bad_Science 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 15:07:02 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 15:13:52 -0700 2009
From miracle pills to exam results, Ben Goldacre dissects the s...more...]]> 4605017 000728487X 9780007284870 51 15 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4605017.Bad_Science 5 0 false Sun Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 08:49:14 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 02:20:36 -0800 2009
I've been a fan of the Bad Science column in The Guardian for years and the only reason I didn't snap this book up sooner was that I thought it might simply recycle those columns. Nothing could be further ...more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 5 0 false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 09:06:01 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 13:00:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4605017 000728487X 9780007284870 51 15 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4605017.Bad_Science 4 1 false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 00:34:25 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 13:04:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4605017 000728487X 9780007284870 51 15 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4605017.Bad_Science 5 5 false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 07:12:15 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 09:35:31 -0700 2009 10-star book
Not available in the US as books that attack big Pharma, Alternative medicine gurus and sacred cows like the MMR-Autism viral myth get sued just to stop publication even if there is no hope of winning the suit. Not so in the UK! If you are interested in this, you can get it post-...more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 5 0 false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 01:22:08 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 04:19:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4605017 000728487X 9780007284870 51 15 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4605017.Bad_Science 4 0 false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 15:38:58 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 04:06:01 -0700 2009
I was slightly...more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 5 0 false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 06:53:56 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 03:48:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 3 0 false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 02:08:13 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 02:45:14 -0800 2009
He says Homeopathy is bad because it does nothing and therefore encourages people to take pills that do nothing when they are ill, they should be taking pills that do something to stop them being ill.

Fair e...more...]]> 4605017 000728487X 9780007284870 51 15 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4605017.Bad_Science 4 1 false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 01:50:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 15:55:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 5 0 false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 09:01:40 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 09:08:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 4 1 false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 08:30:44 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 12:18:33 -0800 2009
This book aims to debunk some of the modern science myths which ha...more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 5 0 false Mon Dec 29 10:21:53 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 12:51:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 20:06:15 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 17:37:33 -0800 2009
First, a caveat: Ben Goldacre, a British doctor and media critic, accuses journalists of bearing contempt for the sciences. It is a broad judgment that I don't think translate accurately to journalism in th...more...]]> 3272165 0007240198 9780007240197 188 60 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3272165.Bad_Science 3 1 false Sat Jan 31 12:11:03 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 12:15:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4605017 000728487X 9780007284870 51 15 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4605017.Bad_Science 4 0 false Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 07:51:30 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 07:10:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3272165