A survival guide to the misinformation age : scientific habits of mind
By: Helfand, D. J
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BookPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.Description: xii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780231168724Subject(s): Errors, Scientific | Science -- Methodology | Statistics -- Methodology | Missing observations (Statistics)DDC classification: 500 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 500 HE SU (Browse shelf) | Available | T0036447 |
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| 500 BR SH A short history of nearly everything / | 500 DA UN Unweaving the rainbow : | 500 HA BR Brief answers to the big questions | 500 HE SU A survival guide to the misinformation age : | 500 NA TI National Geographic science of everything : | 500 NE DO Does anything eat wasps? : | 500 PA CO Conceptual integrated science with MasteringPhysics / |
Information, misinformation, and our planet's future -- A walk in the park -- What is science? -- A sense of scale -- Interlude 1. Numbers -- Discoveries on the back of an envelope -- Insights in lines and dots -- Interlude 2. Logic and language -- Expecting the improbable -- Lies, damned lies, and statistics -- Correlation, causation ... confusion and clarity -- Definitional features of science -- Applying scientific habits of mind to Earth's future -- What isn't science -- The triumph of misinformation, the perils of ignorance -- The unfinished cathedral -- Appendix. Practicing scientific habits of mind.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book provides an inoculation against the misinformation epidemic by cultivating scientific habits of mind. From dissolving our fear of numbers and demystifying graphs, to elucidating the key concepts of probability and the use of precise language and logic, Helfand supplies an essential set of apps for the pre-frontal cortex while making science both accessible and entertaining."--Publisher marketing.