| NOT A SCIENTIST How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science Dave Levitan New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 18 April 2017 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-393-35332-7 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-393-35332-X | 256pp. | SC/GSI | $15.95 | |
| Page 102: | "Each Wastebook" generally featured a hundred entries." |
| Extra word: S/B "Wastebooks". A specific item cannot be "generally" anything. |
| Page 103: | "But before we test that drug on real people with cancer, who are desperate for anything to extend their lives, it's good to know that at least in some other creatures with important similarities in terms of genetics and anatomy, it does seem to work." |
| Missing comma: S/B "that, at least in". |
| Page 114: | "...fracking fluids or natural gas itself could somehow escape the well as it is coming up or down from belowground..." |
| Missing space: S/B "below ground". Also: "coming up or down from below"? (Emphasis added.") |
| Page 141: | "Well, punk? Do ya?" |
| Misquote: S/B "Well do ya, punk?" |
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