Review: Bad Science

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre


My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read Bad Science immediately after finishing Bad Pharma and found it in many ways to be even better, although that’s a bit like comparing apples to oranges. I was surprised by the humor in Bad Science that helped to break up the denser parts of the book but was much less present in Bad Pharma, I suspect because BP was all business and a very serious charge against the pharmaceutical industry.

I almost skipped Bad Science because, based on...