{"product_id":"quack-quack-the-threat-of-pseudoscience-paperback","title":"Quack Quack: The Threat of Pseudoscience - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Schwarcz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLet the one and only Dr. Joe battle pseudoscience and cast a life preserver out to all those drowning in a sea of misinformation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Ultimately, the author successfully demonstrates how claims should be queried and analyzed before they are accepted.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are in a crisis. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eQuack Quack\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDr. Joe Schwarcz\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of McGill University's Office for Science and Society, which has the mission of separating sense from nonsense. He hosts a radio show, appears on television, writes a regular newspaper column, and has authored 18 bestsellers. Dr. Joe is also an amateur magician and lives in Montreal, QC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727368917055,"sku":"9781770416581","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a29e4db7440cafdf1195c7cfd599b71a.webp?v=1765114560","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/quack-quack-the-threat-of-pseudoscience-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}