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Is That a Fact? - Frauds Quacks and the Real Science of Everyday Life - cover

Is That a Fact? - Frauds Quacks and the Real Science of Everyday Life

Dr. Joe Schwarcz

Publisher: ECW Press

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An entertaining and digestible volume that demystifies science
  
Eat this and live to 100. Don’t, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and what’s best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz carefully navigates through the storm of misinformation to help us separate fact from folly and shrewdness from foolishness.  

Are GMOs really harmful? Or could they help developing countries? Which “miracle weight-loss foods” gained popularity through exuberant data dredging? Is BPA dangerous or just a victim of unforgiving media hype? Is organic better? Dr. Joe questions the reliability and motives of “experts” in this “easy-to-understand yet critical look at what’s fact and what’s plain nonsense.
Available since: 05/01/2014.

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