Pandora's lab : seven stories of science gone wrong / Paul A. Offit, M.D.
"Seven discoveries championed as stunning breakthroughs that turned out to be devastatingly destructive to the human race" including heroin, margarine, nitrogen fixation, eugenics, lobotomy, DDT, and vitamin supplementation. The final chapter discusses MMR vaccine and autism, thimerosal exposure and developmental disorders, e-cigarettes, Bisphenol A, cancer screening, and GMOs.
Exploring the most fascinating and significant scientific missteps, the author presents seven cautionary lessons to separate good science from bad.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781426217982
- ISBN: 1426217986
- Physical Description: 287 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Washington, DC : National Geographic Partners, LLC, [2017]
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-271) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- God's own medicine -- The great margarine mistake -- Blood from air -- America's master race -- Turning the mind inside out -- The mosquito liberation front -- Nobel Prize disease -- Learning from the past.
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- Errors, Scientific.
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