Medicine, education, psychology, economics - wherever it really matters, we look to science for guidance. But what if science itself can't always be relied on?
In this vital investigation, Stuart Ritchie reveals the disturbing flaws in today's science that undermine our understanding of the world and threaten human lives.
With bias, careless mistakes and even outright forgery influencing everything from austerity economics to the anti-vaccination movement, he proposes vital remedies to save and protect science - this most valuable of human endeavours - from itself.
| ISBN: | 9781529110647 |
| Publication date: | 16th September 2021 |
| Author: | Stuart Ritchie |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Vintage Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Primary Genre | Popular Science |
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Medicine, education, psychology, economics - wherever it really matters, we look to science for guidance. But what if science itself can't always be relied on?
In this vital investigation, Stuart Ritchie reveals the disturbing flaws in today's science that undermine our understanding of the world and threaten human lives.
With bias, careless mistakes and even outright forgery influencing everything from austerity economics to the anti-vaccination movement, he proposes vital remedies to save and protect science - this most valuable of human endeavours - from itself.
Science Fictions features in the following genres: Popular Science, Impact of science and technology on society, Ethical issues: scientific, technological and medical developments, Science: general issues, Mathematics and Science, Ethical issues and debates, Social and ethical issues, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences
Science Fictions is available in Paperback, Hardback
Science Fictions was written by Stuart Ritchie and published by Vintage an imprint of Vintage Publishing
Science Fictions has 368 pages
£11.69
