An edition of A survival guide to the misinformation age
(2016)
A survival guide to the misinformation age
scientific habits of mind
by D. J. Helfand
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"This book provides an inoculation against the misinformation epidemic by cultivating scientific habits of mind. From dissolving our fear of numbers and demystifying graphs, to elucidating the key concepts of probability and the use of precise language and logic, Helfand supplies an essential set of apps for the pre-frontal cortex while making science both accessible and entertaining."--Publisher marketing.
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A survival guide to the misinformation age: scientific habits of mind
2016, Columbia University Press
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Table of Contents
Information, misinformation, and our planet's future
A walk in the park
What is science?
A sense of scale
Interlude 1. Numbers
Discoveries on the back of an envelope
Insights in lines and dots
Interlude 2. Logic and language
Expecting the improbable
Lies, damned lies, and statistics
Correlation, causation ... confusion and clarity
Definitional features of science
Applying scientific habits of mind to Earth's future
What isn't science
The triumph of misinformation, the perils of ignorance
The unfinished cathedral
Appendix. Practicing scientific habits of mind.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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