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Chargement... Science, Sense & Nonsensepar Joseph A. Schwarcz
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When did "chemical" become a dirty word? Forty or so years ago, chemistry -- which had been recognized as a miracle-making boon to humanity - somehow became associated with warfare, sinister food additives, "toxins" and pollution. It's a situation that Dr. Joe Schwarcz aims to put into perspective. Yes, there's a downside to chemistry, he says, but this is dwarfed by its enormous benefits. Dr. Joe's new collection of commentaries will inspire an appreciation for the science of everyday life, and equip you to spot the muddled thinking, misunderstandings and deceptions in media stories and advertising claims. Does organic food really always equal better food? Are vaccines dangerous? Will the latest health fad make you ill? Do expensive wrinkle creams do the job? What are the best ways to avoid cancer? The answers to such questions often lie in an understanding of the chemistry involved. Ask Dr. Joe. Science, Sense and Nonsense celebrates chemistry's great achievements, lambastes its charlatans, and explores its essential connections to our wellbeing. And does so in authoritative, highly readable, good humoured style. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The "PhD" on the cover sets the antennae tingling, but in fact this is a very jolly collection of essays -- Martin Gardner-style -- on science and more particularly pseudoscience by the chemist, broadcaster and columnist whose day job is as Director of McGill University's Office for Science and Society. Obviously I was more concerned with the latter two-thirds of the book, where the prime focus was on pseudoscience, especially quack medicine and crank nutritionism, but the first part was fascinating too: more than once I found myself stumbling through to Pam's workplace saying, "Do you know what I've just learned?" The writing style is smooth and very readable, and I chuckled a lot. My only real gripe is the lack of basic citations and of a bibliography; in a few cases Schwarcz discussed things I wanted to follow up on, and my task was made far more difficult by the fact that I didn't have any names or titles with which to start my internet searches.
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