Alternative Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alternative Science write by Richard Milton. This book was released on 1996-05. Alternative Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This tour of the scientific frontier makes a strong case that the alternative science of today will be the hard science of the future.
Alternative Careers in Science
Alternative Careers in Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alternative Careers in Science write by Cynthia Robbins-Roth. This book was released on 1998. Alternative Careers in Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. You can do more with your science degree than you ever dreamed. In this book, readers will meet scientists who evolved into Wall Street analysts, science policy gurus, patent agents, journalists, and top-flight sales reps. Each chapter covers a different career track and shows why having a graduate degree in science gives you an edge.
Science and the Media
Science and the Media - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science and the Media write by Massimiano Bucchi. This book was released on 2014-03-20. Science and the Media available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a theoretical framework which allows us to understand why and how scientists address the general public. Bucchi's theories on scientific communication in the media make a valuable contribution to the current debate.
The Complex Alternative
The Complex Alternative - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Complex Alternative write by David C. Krakauer. This book was released on 2021-11. The Complex Alternative available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Snake Oil Science
Snake Oil Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Snake Oil Science write by R. Barker Bausell PhD. This book was released on 2009-07-31. Snake Oil Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Millions of people worldwide swear by such therapies as acupuncture, herbal cures, and homeopathic remedies. Indeed, complementary and alternative medicine is embraced by a broad spectrum of society, from ordinary people, to scientists and physicians, to celebrities such as Prince Charles and Oprah Winfrey. In the tradition of Michael Shermers Why People Believe Weird Things and Robert Parks's Voodoo Science, Barker Bausell provides an engaging look at the scientific evidence for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and at the logical, psychological, and physiological pitfalls that lead otherwise intelligent people--including researchers, physicians, and therapists--to endorse these cures. The books ultimate goal is to reveal not whether these therapies work--as Bausell explains, most do work, although weakly and temporarily--but whether they work for the reasons their proponents believe. Indeed, as Bausell reveals, it is the placebo effect that accounts for most of the positive results. He explores this remarkable phenomenon--the biological and chemical evidence for the placebo effect, how it works in the body, and why research on any therapy that does not factor in the placebo effect will inevitably produce false results. By contrast, as Bausell shows in an impressive survey of research from high-quality scientific journals and systematic reviews, studies employing credible placebo controls do not indicate positive effects for CAM therapies over and above those attributable to random chance. Here is not only an entertaining critique of the strangely zealous world of CAM belief and practice, but it also a first-rate introduction to how to correctly interpret scientific research of any sort. Readers will come away with a solid understanding of good vs. bad research practice and a healthy skepticism of claims about the latest miracle cure, be it St. John's Wort for depression or acupuncture for chronic pain.
