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Vintage Publishing (imprint The Bodley Head Ltd), 2020. Hardcover. New/New. Author: Stuart RitchiePublisher: Vintage Publishing (imprint The Bodley Head Ltd)Binding: HardcoverISBN: 9781847925657Release Date: 2020Number Of Pages: 368Details: Science Fictions exposes a worrying fact: much of the science that underpins expert advice on health, parenting, economics and more is unverifiable or plain wrong.Medical prescriptions, dietary advice, political claims, legal rulings, children's education, road safety, environmental conservation: so much depends on published science being reliable and true. But while the scientific method will always be our best and only way of knowing about the world, in reality the current system not only fails to safeguard against scientists' inescapable flaws and foibles, it actively encourages bad science - with sometimes deadly consequences.Stuart Ritchie was among the first people to expose these problems, sparking what became known as the 'replication…
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