Quack quack the threat of pseudoscience / Dr. Joe Schwarcz.
| Author/creator | Schwarcz, Joe |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto, Ontario : ECW Press, [2022] |
| Description | xiii, 242 pages ; 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | " A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery--loosely defined as the spread of false "knowledge," often accompanied by various versions of "snake oil"--is not a novel phenomenon, it has never posed as great a threat to public health as today. COVID-19 has unleashed an unprecedented flurry of destructive information that has fueled vaccine hesitancy and has steered people toward unproven therapies. Conspiracy theorists have served up a distasteful menu of twisted facts that create distrust in science. In Quack Quack, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the topics drawn from past and present aims to cast a life preserver to people drowning in a sea of misinformation."-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021388179 |
| ISBN | 9781770416581 (softcover) |
| ISBN | 1770416587 (softcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (kindle) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |