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Record Id:
42083982 (Australian Library Collections)
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Author:
Williams Robyn (Edited)
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)
Published:
Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007.
Description:
vi, 256 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780733320057
Dewey Number:
500
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.
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)
Subjects:
Science -- Popular works.
Science -- Radio scripts.
Popular science (Australia)
Other Authors:
Williams, Robyn, 1944-
Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Terms of Use:
In this edition Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2007. Text individual copyright holders 2007.
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