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His work focuses on unpicking the evidence behind misleading claims from journalists, the pharmaceutical industry, alternative therapists, and government reports. I hope you dont suffer the same problems because there is a trainload of interesting and fun stuff there. Ben goldacre is a doctor and science writer who wrote the bad science column in the guardian from 2003 to 2011. Goldacres previous book bad science is an easier read, since exposing charlatans can, at times, be played for laughs. Read bad science, by ben goldacre online on bookmate ben goldacres wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the samuel johnson prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremong. He has received audiofile earphones awards for his narration of the science of evil by simon baroncohen, the tower, the zoo and the tortoise by julia stuart and the angry chef.
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Bad science goldacre book, a 2008 book by ben goldacre. Ben goldacre unpicks dodgy scientific claims made by scaremongering journalists, dubious government reports, pharmaceutical corporations, pr companies and quacks. Its the best nonfiction book ive read in the past year. Its not a thriller, its a nonfiction work of popular science.
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