HOW PEOPLE TWIST REALITY AGAINST THE PUBLIC INTEREST
A wonderful new book about how corporations and politicians twist
reality against the public interest. The book attacks Bush,
Milton Friedman, Krauthammer, Nazis, Stalinists, Leon Kass,
Arthur Jensen, and many others:
JUNK SCIENCE: How Politicans, Corporations, and Other Hucksters
Betray Us. Dan Agin. St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, 2006.
Here is the Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part I: The Moons of Jupiter
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1. Science, Junk Science, and Dogma
2. Fraud and Fabrication in Science
Part II: Buyer Beware
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3. The Food and Diet Circus: Eat Your Way to Happiness
4. GM Foods: Frankenstein in a Corn Patch
5. Ageing and Longevity: Live Forever Now
6. Tobacco: Drug-Dealing in America
Part III: Medical Follies
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7. Junk Medicine, Big Pharma, Big Profits
8. Quack Doctoring: It's a Free Country, Isn't It?
9. Health Care in America: Sorry, Not For Everyone
10. The Talk-Therapy Flea Market
Part IV: Poison and Bombs in the Greenhouse
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11. Pollution: Private Interest and Public Poison
12. Missiles and Terrorism: No Place to Hide
13. Global Warming: Yes, Your Beach House May Be Gone
Part V: Religion, Embryos, and Cloning
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14. Creationism: The World as an Egg
15. Stem Cells: The Petri Dish Blues
16. Cloning: Will We Have A Hundred Jerry Falwells?
Part VI: Genes, Behavior, and Race
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17. Genes and Behavior: You Need a Golf Gene Here
18. Race and IQ: Two Myths Make a Bumble
Part VII: On Truth and Lies
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19. Our Failures: Is Anyone Innocent?
More information about the book is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312352417
Faraday
date: 2 Dec 2006 07:54:43 -0800
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