Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure, (Hardcover)

from mckait

This is a book expressly written to encourage all and sundry to abandon hope and simply follow so called science blindly and with no question. The author simply tears into other researchers and the media without giving any data as to why in most cases. He simply says they are wrong, this study or...

from waltzmn

This is not going to be a fair and balanced review. That's because there is nothing to be fair or balanced about. Vaccines don't cause autism -- if anything, they prevent it (there are some hints that prenatal inflammation causes autism, and vaccines will prevent the mother from passing pathogens...

from mckait

This is a book expressly written to encourage all and sundry to abandon hope and simply follow so called science blindly and with no question. The author simply tears into other researchers and the media without giving any data as to why in most cases. He simply says they are wrong, this study or...

from Devil_llama

A solid dissection of the anti-vaccination movement and the search to find someone, anyone, to blame for the surge in autism. The author has encountered a great deal of recrimination, and has even had to suffer death threats, but he continues to speak out against those who would turn science on i...

from agis

(I received a copy of this book via the Scienceblogs Book Club) A brief look at the reviews of "Autism's False Prophets" on Amazon will show the hallmarks of a contentious issue; at the time of this writing the 18 reviews are either 5-stars or one (9 of each), and a number of reviews show no indi...