Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud, (Paperback)

from dresdnhope

A very good book about the junk science and the media's willing role in promoting it. Short synopsis: Cold fusion and perpetual motion bad, peer review good.

from dresdnhope

A very good book about the junk science and the media's willing role in promoting it. Short synopsis: Cold fusion and perpetual motion bad, peer review good.

from Lenaphoenix

This highly readable book is an excellent discussion of how the lack of scientific literacy in America affects all of us. Physicist Robert Park begins this wide survey of bad science with a discuss...

from raindiva1

Good book. Gets pretty detailed in the descriptions of physics and science (which I liked). I think he may have gone slightly over his intended audience's heads with the details though.

from lorin

Some things are presented as science, but really aren't. These are the topic of Park's book. He deals with issues such as cold fusion, homeopathic medicine, and perpetual motion machines. I was par...