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A survival guide to the misinformation age : scientific habits of mind
Date Issued:
2016
Author(s):
David J. Helfand.
Abstract:
This survival guide supplies an essential set of apps for the prefrontal cortex while making science both accessible and entertaining. It will dissolve your fear of numbers, demystify graphs, and elucidate the key concepts of probability, all while celebrating the precise use of language and logic. David Helfand, one of our nation’s leading astronomers and science educators, has taught scientific habits of mind to generations in the classroom, where he continues to wage a provocative battle against sloppy thinking and the encroachment of misinformation.
File(s):
A survival guide to the misinformation age_ scientific habits of mind_David J. Helfand Columbia University Press (2017).pdf