Another one bites the dust

[minestrone]

He probably seen Iggy Pop in that swiftcover advert.

WTF is that all about?

[OwlHoot]

Whoops, I meant to reply in the thread Bad Science

In fact, I'm fairly sure I did!

[Bagpuss]

eh?

[OwlHoot]

Sounds good, I must see if I've ever downloaded it.

Another one in the same vein I'd recommend is "Lost Causes in Physics" by R F Streeter, which is largely a tarted up version of the website he maintains here.

Some of it is rather demanding, which is fair enough. But I thought it was also needlessly erratic in difficulty, and this could have been "graduated" a little better by rearranging the order of topics discussed.

But its theme, if any, is the misconceptions that can arise (in everyday life and esoteric areas of quantum mechanics alike) from a poor intuition of statistics.

In particular, there's an excellent and detailed section debunking Munchausen's syndrome by Proxy, the bogus theory peddled by the notorious Dr Roy Meadow before it and he were totally discredited.

(I have an e-copy if anyone is interested )

[darmstadt]

A sad day for old punks