e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Publisher Weekly Review
More Content
More by this author
Bouchard, R. Philip.
Subjects
Errors, Scientific -- Miscellanea.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Bouchard, R. Philip.
by title:
The stickler's guide...
by call number:
500 B752s
Search the Web
Bouchard, R. Philip.
Errors, Scientific -- Miscellanea.
MARC Display
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
Bouchard, R. Philip.
Timber Press, 2021.
Call #:
500 B752s
Subjects
Errors, Scientific -- Miscellanea.
ISBN:
9781643260426 (pbk)
Description:
276 p. : color ill., color maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographic references (page 263) and index.
Summary:
"Today we have more scientific information at our fingertips than ever before -- and more disinformation too. Online, on television, and in print,
science
is often communicated through shorthand analogies and phrases that obscure or omit important facts. “Superfoods,” “right- and left-brained” people, and “global warming” may be snappy and ear-catching but are they backed by scientific facts? Lifelong educator R. Philip Bouchard is a
stickler
for this kind of thing, and he is well-prepared to set the record straight. The Stickler’s
Guide
to
Science
in the
Age
of
Misinformation
unpacks the many misuses of terms we see used every day, revealing how these popular concepts fall short of
real
science
. Find out why trees do not store carbon dioxide; a day is not actually 24 hours; DNA cannot provide a "blueprint" for a human being; and an absence of gravity is not the reason that astronauts float in space. Bouchard makes hard
science
go down easy, satisfying curiosity and sparking further inquiry that will keep you from getting fooled."--Publisher.
Genre:
Trivia and miscellanea.
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Central Library
Adult Nonfiction
500 B752s
Core Collection - Adult
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.