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  2. Bad Science (Goldacre book) - Wikipedia

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    Each chapter deals with a specific aspect of bad science, often to illustrate a wider point. For example, the chapter on homeopathy becomes the point where he explains the placebo effect, regression to the mean (that is, the natural cycle of the disease), placebo-controlled trials (including the need for randomisation and double blinding), meta-analyses like the Cochrane Collaboration and ...

  3. Science - Wikipedia

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    Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. [1] [2] Modern science is typically divided into two or three major branches: [3] the natural sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry, and biology), which study the physical world; and the behavioural sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology ...

  4. The Grammar of Science - Wikipedia

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    The Grammar of Science is a book by Karl Pearson first published in hardback in 1892. In 1900, the second edition, published by Adam & Charles Black, appeared. The third, revised, edition was also published by Adam & Charles Black in 1911.

  5. Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality - Wikipedia

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    Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality (2021) is a popular science book about advanced physics by Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek. [1]According to the author: [2] This is a book about fundamental lessons we can learn from the study of the physical world. ...

  6. The Eerie Silence - Wikipedia

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    The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence is a 2010 popular science book by Paul Davies, chair of the SETI: Post-Detection Science and Technology Taskgroup of the International Academy of Astronautics. The Eerie Silence explores the possibilities of intelligent extraterrestrial life, and its potential consequences. [1]

  7. The Comet (fanzine) - Wikipedia

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    The publication was an effort of the Science Correspondence Club's Chicago chapter. Its original editors were Raymond A. Palmer and Walter Dennis and the first issue, titled The Comet, was published in May 1930. [1] The first issue's main goal was to spread the knowledge of science and encourage invention. [3]

  8. America’s Most Admired Lawbreaker - The Huffington Post

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    Indeed, with before-tax profits of $20.6 billion for 2014, putting aside $500 million or even $1 billion a year over 15 years to cover payouts for boys with 46DD breasts and other claims that might come along doesn’t put much of a dent in the company’s financials.

  9. The Book of Why - Wikipedia

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    1.3 Chapter 2: From Buccaneers to ... The New Science of Cause and Effect is a 2018 nonfiction book by ... Reasoning on this level answers questions of the form 'if I ...