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Pandora´s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
Paul A. Offit
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Description for Pandora´s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
Hardback. For readers of no-nonsense tell-alls such as Being Mortal and Do No Harm, mediagenic doctor and research scientist Paul Offit presents seven breakthroughs that backfired with catastrophic consequences to our health and environment. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228. Weight in Grams: 567.
What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrongdirection? History is filled with brilliant ideas that gave rise to disaster, and this book explores the most fascinating--and significant--missteps: from opium's heyday as the pain reliever of choice to recognition of opioids as a major cause of death in the U.S.; from the rise of trans fats as the golden ingredient for tastier, cheaper food to the heart disease epidemic that followed; and from the cries to ban DDT for the sake of the environment to an epidemic-level rise in world malaria. These are today's sins of science--as ... Read more
What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrongdirection? History is filled with brilliant ideas that gave rise to disaster, and this book explores the most fascinating--and significant--missteps: from opium's heyday as the pain reliever of choice to recognition of opioids as a major cause of death in the U.S.; from the rise of trans fats as the golden ingredient for tastier, cheaper food to the heart disease epidemic that followed; and from the cries to ban DDT for the sake of the environment to an epidemic-level rise in world malaria. These are today's sins of science--as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
566g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781426217982
SKU
V9781426217982
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About Paul A. Offit
PAUL A. OFFIT is a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases and an expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine that has been credited with saving hundreds of lives every day. Offit is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, ... Read more
Reviews for Pandora´s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
This is a much needed book
especially now.
NPR After spending years compiling a list of 50 of the world's worst inventions, [Offit] conducted his own sad version of March Madness to whittle it down to just a handful of finalists...all have proved to be disastrous for human health.
The Washington Post A ... Read more
especially now.
NPR After spending years compiling a list of 50 of the world's worst inventions, [Offit] conducted his own sad version of March Madness to whittle it down to just a handful of finalists...all have proved to be disastrous for human health.
The Washington Post A ... Read more