Is That a Fact?, Dr. Joe Schwarcz
Is That a Fact?, Dr. Joe Schwarcz
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Is That a Fact?
Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life

Author: Dr. Joe Schwarcz

Narrator: Garrett Goodison

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 09/15/2020

Synopsis

Dr. Joe Schwarcz takes on the quacks and doles out the facts in this eye-opening look at the science around us Eat this and live to 100. Don’t, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and what’s best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz carefully navigates the storm of misinformation to help us separate fact from folly and shrewdness from foolishness. Are GMOs really harmful? Or could they help developing countries? Which “miracle weight loss foods” gained popularity through exuberant data dredging? Is BPA dangerous or just a victim of unforgiving media hype? Is organic better? Dr. Joe questions the reliability and motives of “experts” in this easy-to-understand yet critical look at what’s fact and what’s plain nonsense.

About Dr. Joe Schwarcz

Dr. Joe Schwarcz 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, and writes a regular newspaper column. Dr. Joe is also an amateur magician and lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on February 19, 2014

The rating really depends on the intended reader. If you're a skeptical science buff, odds are you are already as familiar with the material presented in Is That A Fact? as I am. For the layman, or your gullible best friend, this would rate four stars. Pick this up for the easy-to-follow explanations......more

Goodreads review by William on January 15, 2023

Dr. Joe Schwarcz brings the excitement of debunking terrible science in this book. I borrowed it from the library due to the preponderance of fake news. The author made the title so enticing, but I can never type them out because my grammar-checking device thinks I asked a question. The book covers h......more

Goodreads review by Am on October 14, 2015

This is how the book is written: there are no chapters; the text just flows and when the author moves on to a different topic (completely unrelated to what came before it), all we get is a small one-line header telling you that. The new topic continues on the same page itself. What a haphazard prese......more

Goodreads review by Eirika on June 27, 2014

For a book in which the introduction emphasizes critical thinking, it is littered with assumptions.......more

Goodreads review by Damian on June 13, 2019

good science book but last third had a lot of less interesting facts......more

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