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  by Ben Goldacre

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ISBN: 000728487x
Books Registered: 12
BookCrossing Rating: Average 9 star rating by BookCrossing Members
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Ben 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. 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. 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.


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Registered by zzz of Rakovica, City of Belgrade Serbia on Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Current status: available Average 9 star rating by BookCrossing Members


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Current status: to be read Average 10 star rating by BookCrossing Members


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Current status: to be read Average 9 star rating by BookCrossing Members


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Current status: to be read Average 9 star rating by BookCrossing Members


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Registered by Fleebo of Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Monday, January 04, 2010

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