Bad Science Part 13

FURTHER READING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I have done my absolute best to keep these references to a minimum, as this is supposed to be an entertaining book, not a scholarly text. More useful than references, I would hope, are the many extra materials available on have done my absolute best to keep these references to a minimum, as this is supposed to be an entertaining book, not a scholarly text. More useful than references, I would hope, are the many extra materials available on www.badscience.net www.badscience.net, including recommended reading, videos, a rolling ticker of interesting news stories, updated references, activities for schoolchildren, a discussion forum, everything I've ever written (except this book, of course), advice on activism, links to science communication guidelines for journalists and academics, and much more. I will always try to add to it as time pa.s.ses. There are some books which really stand out as genuinely excellent, and I am going to use my last ink to send you their way. Your time will not bo wasted on them.

Testing Treatments by Imogen Evans, Hazel Thornton and Iain Chalmers is a book on evidence-based medicine specifically written for a lay audience by two academics and a patient. It is also free to download online from by Imogen Evans, Hazel Thornton and Iain Chalmers is a book on evidence-based medicine specifically written for a lay audience by two academics and a patient. It is also free to download online from www.jameslindlibrary.org www.jameslindlibrary.org. How to Read a Paper How to Read a Paper by Professor Greenhalgh is the standard medical textbook on critically appraising academic journal articles. It's readable, short, and it would be a best-seller if it wasn't unnecessarily overpriced. by Professor Greenhalgh is the standard medical textbook on critically appraising academic journal articles. It's readable, short, and it would be a best-seller if it wasn't unnecessarily overpriced.

Irrationality by Stuart Sutherland makes a great partner with by Stuart Sutherland makes a great partner with How We Know What Isn't So How We Know What Isn't So by Thomas Gilovich, as both cover different aspects of social science and psychology research into irrational behaviour, while by Thomas Gilovich, as both cover different aspects of social science and psychology research into irrational behaviour, while Reckoning with Risk Reckoning with Risk by Gerd Gigerenzer comes at the same problems from a more mathematical perspective. by Gerd Gigerenzer comes at the same problems from a more mathematical perspective.

Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect' by Daniel Moerman is excellent, and you should not be put off by the fact that it is published under an academic imprint.

There are now endless blogs by like-minded people which have sprung from nowhere over the past few years, to my enormous delight, onto my computer screen. They often cover science news better than the mainstream media, and the feeds of some of the most entertaining fellow-travellers are aggregated at the website badscienceblogs.net badscienceblogs.net. I enjoy disagreeing with many of them-viciously-on a great many things.

And lastly, the most important references of all are to the people by whom I have been taught, nudged, reared, influenced, challenged, supervised, contradicted, supported, and most importantly entertained. They are (missing too many, and in very little order): Emily Wilson, Ian Sample, James Randerson, Alok Jha, Mary Byrne, Mike Burke, Ian Katz, Mitzi Angel, Robert Lacey, Chris Elliott, Rachel Buchanan, Alan Rusbridger, Pat Kavanagh, the inspirational badscience bloggers, everyone who has ever sent me a tip about a story on [email protected] , Iain Chalmers, Lome Denny, Simon Wessely, Caroline Richmond, John Stein, Jim Hopkins, David Colquhoun, Catherine Collins, Matthew Hotopf, John Moriarty, Alex Lomas, Andy Lewis, Trisha Greenhalgh, Gimpy, shpalman, Holfordwatch, Positive Internet, Jon, Liz Parratt, Patrick Matthews, Ian Brown, Mike Jay, Louise Burton, John King, Cicely Marston, Steve Rolles, Hettie, Mark Pilkington, Ginge Tulloch, Mattfiew Tait, Cathy Flower, my mum, my dad, Reg, Josh, Raph, Allie, and the fabulous Amanda Palmer.

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