02011cam a2200385 i 4500 BJBSDDR 20231117162449.0 ta 211202s2021 orua 001 0 eng 9781643260426 1643260421 BJBSDDR eng BJBSDDR eng pcc Q 172.5 B752s 2021 Bouchard, R. Philip 31563 The stickler's guide to science in the age of misinformation : the real science behind hacky headlines, crappy clickbait, and suspect sources / R. Philip Bouchard. Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2021. 276 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes index. The lungs of the planet -- No gravity in space -- Survival of the fittest -- The five senses -- High levels of radiation -- Killing germs -- Twenty-four hours a day -- The blueprint of life -- Superfoods and toxins -- Full of energy -- Left-brained and right-brained -- Global warming -- Epidemics and pandemics. R. Philip Bouchard takes a closer look at 13 pervasive scientific untruths tackling a range of topics from gravity and radiation to global warming, pandemics and humorously shares the real science behind them. You'll learn why trees do not store carbon dioxide, why getting your genome sequenced tells you much less than you think it does, and why a day is not actually 24 hours. Errors, Scientific Miscellanea. 31775 Disinformation. 31777 Errores científicos. 11344 Desinformación 19128 Ciencia Estudio y enseñanza 1696 7 cbc origres 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK rmza 119952 119952 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-07-25 0 Q 172.5 B752s 2021 00000163142 2023-07-25 00:00:00 1 2023-07-25 BK