The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters to Government (mini ebook)
May 2012 · Random House
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About this ebook
This mini ebook features a sample chapter from Mark Henderson’s brilliant new book THE GEEK MANIFESTO: why science matters.
The geeks are coming. And our world needs them.
We live in a country where:
-A writer can be forced into court for telling the scientific truth.
-The media would rather sell papers by scaremongering about the MMR vaccine or GM crops than reporting the facts.
-A government advisor was sacked for a decision based on science rather than public opinion.
-Only one of our 650 MPs has ever worked as a research scientist.
It is time to entrench scientific thinking more deeply into politics and society. To fight for policy based on evidence.
The full book is available from 12th May 2012.
The geeks are coming. And our world needs them.
We live in a country where:
-A writer can be forced into court for telling the scientific truth.
-The media would rather sell papers by scaremongering about the MMR vaccine or GM crops than reporting the facts.
-A government advisor was sacked for a decision based on science rather than public opinion.
-Only one of our 650 MPs has ever worked as a research scientist.
It is time to entrench scientific thinking more deeply into politics and society. To fight for policy based on evidence.
The full book is available from 12th May 2012.
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2.4
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July 29, 2012
I downloaded the free sample of this book, started to read and decided it was great, so hit the Buy button. Unfortunately I was only provided with the first chapter. This is a very sneaky business model: spending money should upgrade you to the full product, not just an extended version of the preview. There is no option for your payment to count towards the full book either. The book itself (well, from what I've read) is fantastic and I'd thoroughly recommend it. But make sure you buy the $10 full version, not this absurd paid-for sample.
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August 27, 2012
Do not bother. What a con. A single chapter.
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August 5, 2012
As the other reviewer said. A good book but avoid this one
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About the author
Mark Henderson, newly appointed head of communications at the Wellcome Trust is - until January 2012 - the Science editor of The Times and a columnist for The Times science magazine, Eureka. In 2011 Mark was awarded the European Best Cancer Reporter Prize and the Royal Statistical Society Prize for statistical excellence in journalism. He has won three awards from the Medical Journalists Association. He is a regular commentator on science in the press, for television and radio, online, and at live events. He tweets as @markgfh.
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