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Lies, deep fries and statistics : from Radio National's Ockham's razor / with introductions by Robyn Williams

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Williams Robyn (Edited)
Subjects
Science - Popular works.; Popular science (Australia); Science - Radio scripts.
Summary
Compiled from the best of the popular ABC Radio National series, this lively and provocative collection gathers prominent speakers from a wide range of fields.
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Lies, deep fries and statistics : from Radio National's Ockham's razor / with introductions by Robyn Williams.
Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
256 pages
2007 English Book 56
Title
  • Lies, deep fries and statistics : from Radio National's Ockham's razor /​ with introductions by Robyn Williams.
Also Titled
  • Lies, deep fries &​ statistics
  • Ockham's razor (Radio program)
Author
  • Williams Robyn (Edited)
Other Authors
  • Williams, Robyn, 1944-
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Published
  • Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007.
Physical Description
  • vi, 256 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Contents
  • Introduction (The Ockham's Razor principle /​ Len Fisher)
  • 1. Unnatural selection (Darwin's shooters /​ Tony Barta ; Bird brains and animal rights /​ John Bradshaw ; Infidelity /​ Peter Lavelle)
  • 2. Mind, body and spirit (The Alexander Technique /​ Rosslyn McLeod ; Alzheimer's Disease - the rise and fall of a concept /​ Jonathan Stone ; Last seen in Lhasa /​ Claire Scobie)
  • 3. Science and society (What counts as intelligence? /​ Melvin Bolton ; Profile of a postmodern outsider /​ Christopher Nagle)
  • 4. History ignored (Forgotten Australians /​ Joanna Penglase ; Australian complicity in Iraq mass mortality /​ Gideon Polya)
  • 5. Law and order (The David Hicks case /​ Kep Enderby ; The Dreyfus Affair /​ Julian Burnside)
  • 6. Science and crime (Delivering crime prevention /​ Don Weatherburn ; Forensic research /​ Gabrielle Lord ; Out of sight - out of mind /​ Chris Puplick ; Science and prisons /​ Kelvin McCready)
  • 7. Technology and innovation (The language of innovation /​ Mark Dodgson ; Gaslight /​ Trevor McAllister)
  • 8. Food for thought (The secret bread tests of Bourke /​ Max Kamien ; Lies, deep fries and statistics /​ Craig Cormick ; Can chocolate cure hypochondria? /​ Yasmin Haskell)
  • 9. Our fragile planet (A memoir of Chernobyl /​ Julian Cribb ; Extinction matters /​ Rob Morrison ; Nuclear waste storage in Australia /​ Geoff Hudson)
  • 10. A sustainable future (The Innamincka Hot Fractured Rock project /​ John Veevers ; A sustainable energy future for Australia /​ Mark Duesendorf ; Hydrogen minibuses /​ Martin Mahy).
Terms of Use
  • In this edition Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2007. Text individual copyright holders 2007.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 9780733320057
Dewey Number
  • 500
Libraries Australia ID
  • 42083982
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