This is a fabulous book that breaks down the basic tenets of a rather complex subject in a very easy to read format. I would strongly recommend all stakeholders in healthcare related matters to read through this book and its sequel. A wonderfully written, witty, sometimes caustic, analytical narrative of what ails science today, slightly Feynmanesque in some areas, but overall, a strong voice, advocating for science.

I may use this book as a reference as there are defiantly a few good articles (hence 2.5 stars, but many of them fit my below description.

I personally found the book to give out its own concepts and very often ignoring facts that have been proven to be right.
Reading through it did give the appeal that the author is very determined to prove some sciences wrong by ignoring (instead of proving )any evidence of proof. The main problem i found with he book was that the author assumes you to h...

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A must read for any science junkie

Liked the style of writing with ample sense of humour.One thing which i started noticing more carefully after reading this book was the use of useless and complex-sounding jargons in the advertisements for the products around us and I am sure that next time you will also be as sceptical as me when come across such product ads claiming to make you five tmes fairer becuase of the presence of some molecules or to make your child remember the text book contents in one single read...