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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.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2021Description: 276 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781643260426
  • 1643260421
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q 172.5 B752s 2021
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.
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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) Q 172.5 B752s 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000163142

Includes index.

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.

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.

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