Seethaler, Sherry,  1970- <br/><br/>
Lies, damned lies, and science :  how to sort through the noise around global warming, the latest health claims, and other scientific controversies / 
Sherry Seethaler. 
 - 1. ed. 
 - Upper Sadle River, N.J. :  FT Press,  2009. 
 - xxiv, 198 p. 
<br/><br/>Preface xvii Introduction xix Chapter 1:Understand How Science Progresses and Why Scientists Sometimes Disagree 1 Chapter 2: Who's Who?: Identify Those Who Hold Stake in an Issue and What Their Positions Are 29 Chapter 3: Decisions, Decisions: Elucidate All the Pros and Cons of a Decision 43 Chapter 4: Compare and Contrast: Place Alternatives in an Appropriate Context to Evaluate Tradeoffs 59 Chapter 5: What Happens If!?: Distinguish Between Cause and Coincidence 73 Chapter 6: Specific or General: Recognize How Broadly the Conclusions from a Study May Be Applied 89 Chapter 7: Fun Figures: See Through the Number Jumble 99 Chapter 8: Society's Say: Discern the Relationships Between Science and Policy 113 Chapter 9: All the Tricks in the Book: Get Past the Ploys Designed to Simply Bypass Logic 139 Chapter 10: Fitting The Pieces Together: Know How to Seek Information to Gain a Balanced Perspective 161 Conclusions: Twenty Essential Applications of the Tools 177 Acknowledgments 183 About the Author 184 Index 185 /  Potions, Plot, Personalities. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0137155220 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780137155224 (hardback : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Communication in science.<br/>Information resources--Reviews.<br/>Global warming.<br/>Comunicación en ciencia<br/>Comunicación científica.<br/>Recursos de información.<br/>Calentamiento global.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q 223  / S453l 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>500