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Philosophy, sociology and religion

Philosophy, sociology and religion

Between the lines

28 Jul 2016 Margaret Harris
Taken from the July 2016 issue of Physics World

A book on debunking scientific misinformation and a guide to scientific writing, reviewed by Margaret Harris

Photo of a dog-eared and stained scrap of paper with numbers and sums written on it and roughly crossed out
Roughly speaking: One method of dealing with misinformation provided in David Helfand’s new book is learning to make back-of-envelope estimates. (Courtesy: iStock/Linda Steward)
Fighting misinformation As an astronomer, educator and science advocate at Columbia University in t

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