Science is how we understand the world. Yet critical flaws in peer review, statistical methods, and publication procedures have rendered a shocking number of scientific studies useless-or worse, badly misleading. Drawing on surprising new data from "meta-science" (the science of how science works), Science Fictions documents the errors that have distorted our knowledge on issues as varied as ca…
Thumper and Bambi love flowers, trees, and forest friends!
Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway is an account of his safari across the Serengeti. In his usual understated style, Hemingway shares his love and fascination for big-game hunting., bringing to the fore the excitement of the chase the gory ferocity of the kill. It is also a wonderful glimpse into the beauty of the African landscape, a wilderness that was already falling prey to human inc…