{"product_id":"quack-quack-joe-schwarcz-9781770416581","title":"Quack Quack: The Threat of Pseudoscience","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLet the one and only Dr. Joe battle pseudoscience and cast a life preserver out to all those drowning in a sea of misinformation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Ultimately, the author successfully demonstrates how claims should be queried and analyzed before they are accepted.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery -- loosely defined as the spread of false \"knowledge,\" often accompanied by various versions of \"snake oil\" -- is not a novel phenomenon, it has never posed as great a threat to public health as today. COVID-19 has unleashed an unprecedented flurry of destructive information that has fueled vaccine hesitancy and has steered people toward unproven therapies. Conspiracy theorists have served up a distasteful menu of twisted facts that create distrust in science. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eQuack Quack\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the topics drawn from past and present aims to cast a life preserver to people drowning in a sea of misinformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Schwarcz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770416587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770416581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.57w x 0.60d","brand":"Joe Schwarcz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069192827135,"sku":"9781770416581","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba3843b8-c331-482a-943e-232473dfcd57.jpg?v=1685423337","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quack-quack-joe-schwarcz-9781770416581","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}