Science and the Skeptic
Discerning Fact from Fiction
Published on 1. February 2022
Book
Hardback
120 pages
978-1-7284-1945-9 (ISBN)
Description
"Covering how science is done, why some people want to trick others, and why false information can be dangerous, this book empowers readers to know which sources to trust and which to dismiss as deceit"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: From Eighth Grade to Twelfth Grade, Reading Age: From 13 to 14 years, Interest Age: From 13 to 18 years
Product notice
Library binding
Illustrations
Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Graphs; Charts; Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7284-1945-9 (9781728419459)
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Person
Marc Zimmer is the author of several nonfiction young adult books and a professor at Connecticut College, where he teaches chemistry and studies the proteins involved in producing light in jellyfish and fireflies. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and did his post-doc at Yale University. He has published articles on science and medicine for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Huffington Post, among many other publications. He lives in Waterford, Connecticut, with his wife, their two children, and a genetically modified fluorescent mouse named Prometheus.