Bad science : a brief history of bizarre misconceptions, totally wrong conclusions, and incredibly stupid theories

2011 Silver Medal Winner for Humor, from the Independent Publisher's Awards. Bad Science: A Brief History of Bizarre Misconceptions, Totally Wrong Conclusions, and Incredibly Stupid Theories takes a humorous look at bloodletting, alchemy, quack devices, the worship of meteorites, faked data, secret testing on people, and all kinds of really ridiculous ideas. From the ancient Greeks to the present, the history of science has been fraught with persecution, fraud, and ignorance on a massive scale--but that doesn't mean we can't laugh about it! Medicine Chemistry and pharmaceuticals Birth, contraception, and sex Dentistry Geology, paleontology, archaeology (and other things found in dirt) Astronomy & the space program Scientists, heredity, DNA, firearms, and everything else that didn't fit into previous categories.