{"product_id":"9780007284870","title":"Bad Science","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Goldacre, Ben \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePopular science\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 April 2009 by Harpercollins Publishers (HarperPerennial) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e192 x 123 x 25 | 260g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Goldacre’s wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his popular Guardian column. In this eye-opening book he takes on the MMR hoax and misleading cosmetics ads, acupuncture and homeopathy, vitamins and mankind’s vexed relationship with all manner of ‘toxins’. Along the way, the self-confessed ‘Johnny Ball cum Witchfinder General’ performs a successful detox on a Barbie doll, sees his dead cat become a certified nutritionist and probes the supposed medical qualifications of ‘Dr’ Gillian McKeith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Full spleen and satire, Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating and ultimately alarming journey through the bad science we are fed daily by hacks and quacks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491504931202,"sku":"9780007284870","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780007284870.jpg?v=1753749192","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780007284870","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}