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The stickler's guide to science in the age of misinformation, the real science behind hacky headlines, crappy clickbait, and suspect sources, R. Philip Bouchard

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The stickler's guide to science in the age of misinformation, the real science behind hacky headlines, crappy clickbait, and suspect sources, R. Philip Bouchard

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographic references (page 263) and index

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mapsillustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The stickler's guide to science in the age of misinformation

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bibliography

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1227272587

Responsibility statement

R. Philip Bouchard

Sub title

the real science behind hacky headlines, crappy clickbait, and suspect sources

Summary

R. Philip Bouchard takes a closer look at 13 pervasive scientific untruths tackling a range of topics from gravity and radiation to global warming, pandemics and humorously shares the real science behind them. You'll learn why trees do not store carbon dioxide, why getting your genome sequenced tells you much less than you think it does, and why a day is not actually 24 hours

Table Of Contents

The lungs of the planet -- No gravity in space -- Survival of the fittest -- The five senses -- High levels of radiation -- Killing germs -- Twenty-four hours a day -- The blueprint of life -- Superfoods and toxins -- Full of energy -- Left-brained and right-brained -- Global warming -- Epidemics and pandemics

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