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What is your most recently read science book? What did you think of it? Part 3
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This book can be summed up in a quote, "Lies, damned lies and statistics". The book is not really about the chemical makeup of what we put into us, but about the scientific reports and how you can't trust so many of them. Even those whose scientific method was rigorous can be a bit of a joke, which side to take on coffee for instance? Is it bad for us or good for us? There are many studies on each side. The author really did his research, it's pretty endless, grinding even but he introduces levi
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This is a book about chemistry. It is a book about how science is done. It is a book about humor--I would say, mostly a big attempt at humor. I appreciate some humor in a science book--but rarely do I find a book like this one, where humor seems to be more important than the supposed subject of the book. For example, he writes, "You have to see the best in people, but you also have to be kind of an asshole. Don't worry, it's really fun." While the subject matter in the book is excellent, and the
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The subtitle for this book should be "How Science Works" & this is the perfect topic since there are conflicting reports on what is good & bad for me. Often they're the same thing, such as coffee. How can this be? It's complicated, but Zaidan makes sense of it & explains the scientific process behind the headlines including what many of the numbers mean. He does so with a common sense approach in modern, common language that is often somewhat vulgar & comedic. It was refreshing & completely unde
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