{"product_id":"voodoo-science-the-road-from-foolishness-to-fraud","title":"Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eVoodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRobert L Park\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780195147100\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eOxford University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e240\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIn a time of dazzling scientific progress, how can we separate genuine breakthroughs from the noisy gaggle of false claims? From Deepak Chopra's \"quantum alternative to growing old\" to unwarranted hype surrounding the International Space Station, Robert Park leads us down the back alleys of fringe science, through the gleaming corridors of Washington power and even into our evolutionary past to search out the origins of voodoo science. Along the way, he offers simple and engaging science lessons, proving that you don't have to be a scientist to spot the fraudulent science that swirls around us.\u003cbr\u003e While remaining highly humorous, this hard-hitting account also tallies the cost: the billions spent on worthless therapies, the tax dollars squandered on government projects that are doomed to fail, the investors bilked by schemes that violate the most fundamental laws of nature. But the greatest cost is human: fear of imaginary dangers, reliance on magical cures, and above all, a mistaken view of how the world works.\u003cbr\u003e To expose the forces that sustain voodoo science, Park examines the role of the media, the courts, bureaucrats and politicians, as well as the scientific community. Scientists argue that the cure is to raise general scientific literacy. But what exactly should a scientifically literate society know? Park argues that the public does not need a specific knowledge of science so much as a scientific world view--an understanding that we live in an orderly universe governed by natural laws that cannot be circumvented.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud | Robert L Park | Paperback | 9780195147100 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks E 1760860","offer_id":49229579387032,"sku":"1760860","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71pQoyu6P_L.jpg?v=1781219202","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/voodoo-science-the-road-from-foolishness-to-fraud","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}