A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age: Scientific Habits of Mind

By David J. Helfand

Categories: Education & Teaching, Science & Math

Astronomer David J. Helfand offers a guide to thinking scientifically in an age of misinformation. Helfand teaches readers how to estimate, understand probability and statistics, read graphs, and evaluate claims and models. He shows how to apply these habits of mind to questions about health, the environment and public policy. Based on his course at Columbia University, the book was published in 2016.

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