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Index
Title Page
Copywrite Page
Dedication
Contents at a Glance
Table of Contents
Praise for Lies, Damned Lies, and Science
Preface
Introduction
1. Potions, plot, personalities: understand how science progresses and why scientists sometimes disagree
2. Who’s who?: identify those who hold stake in an issue and what their positions are
3. Decisions, decisions: elucidate all the pros and cons of a decision
4. Compare and contrast: place alternatives in an appropriate context to evaluate tradeoffs
5. What happens if...?: distinguish between cause and coincidence
6. Specific or general: recognize how broadly the conclusions from a study may be applied
7. Fun figures: see through the number jumble
8. Society’s say: discern the relationships between science and policy
9. All the tricks in the book: get past the ploys designed to simply bypass logic
10. Fitting the pieces together: know how to seek information to gain a balanced perspective
Conclusion: twenty essential applications of the tools
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Financial Times Press
Index
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