The Resource Pandora's lab : seven stories of science gone wrong, Paul A. Offit, M.D
Pandora's lab : seven stories of science gone wrong, Paul A. Offit, M.D
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- Summary
- History is filled with scientific ideas that gave rise to disaster, and this book explores the most fascinating and significant missteps. From opium's heyday as the pain reliever of choice to recognition of opioids as a major cause of death in the U.S.; from the rise of trans fats as the golden ingredient for tastier, cheaper food to the heart disease epidemic that followed; and from the cries to ban DDT for the sake of the environment to an epidemic-level rise in world malaria, these are today's sins of science. These unwitting errors add up to seven lessons both cautionary and profound. Author Paul A. Offit uses these lessons to investigate how we can separate good science from bad, using some of today's most controversial creations, e-cigarettes, GMOs, drug treatments for ADHD as case studies. For every "Aha!" moment that should have been an "Oh no," this book is an engrossing account of how science has been misused disastrously and how we can learn to use its power for good
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 287 pages
- Contents
-
- God's own medicine
- The great margerine mistake
- Blood from air
- America's master race
- Turning the mind inside out
- The mosquito liberation front
- Nobel prize disease
- Learning from the past
- Isbn
- 9781426217982
- Label
- Pandora's lab : seven stories of science gone wrong
- Title
- Pandora's lab
- Title remainder
- seven stories of science gone wrong
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul A. Offit, M.D
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- History is filled with scientific ideas that gave rise to disaster, and this book explores the most fascinating and significant missteps. From opium's heyday as the pain reliever of choice to recognition of opioids as a major cause of death in the U.S.; from the rise of trans fats as the golden ingredient for tastier, cheaper food to the heart disease epidemic that followed; and from the cries to ban DDT for the sake of the environment to an epidemic-level rise in world malaria, these are today's sins of science. These unwitting errors add up to seven lessons both cautionary and profound. Author Paul A. Offit uses these lessons to investigate how we can separate good science from bad, using some of today's most controversial creations, e-cigarettes, GMOs, drug treatments for ADHD as case studies. For every "Aha!" moment that should have been an "Oh no," this book is an engrossing account of how science has been misused disastrously and how we can learn to use its power for good
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Offit, Paul A
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Errors, Scientific
- Label
- Pandora's lab : seven stories of science gone wrong, Paul A. Offit, M.D
- Bibliography note
- Includes a selected bibliography and an index
- Contents
- God's own medicine -- The great margerine mistake -- Blood from air -- America's master race -- Turning the mind inside out -- The mosquito liberation front -- Nobel prize disease -- Learning from the past
- Control code
- sky283372424
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9781426217982
- Lccn
- 2016030737
- Label
- Pandora's lab : seven stories of science gone wrong, Paul A. Offit, M.D
- Bibliography note
- Includes a selected bibliography and an index
- Contents
- God's own medicine -- The great margerine mistake -- Blood from air -- America's master race -- Turning the mind inside out -- The mosquito liberation front -- Nobel prize disease -- Learning from the past
- Control code
- sky283372424
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9781426217982
- Lccn
- 2016030737
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