A major exposé that reveals the absurd and shocking problems that pervade and undermine contemporary science
´Required reading for everyone´ Adam Rutherford
Medicine, education, psychology, economics - wherever it really matters, we look to science for guidance. But what if science itself can´t always be relied on?
In this vital investigation, Stuart Ritchie reveals the disturbing flaws in today´s science that undermine our understanding of the world and threaten human lives. With bias, careless mistakes and even outright forgery influencing everything from austerity economics to the anti-vaccination movement, he proposes vital remedies to save and protect science - this most valuable of human endeavours - from itself.