Publisher | Twenty-First Century Books |
ISBN 13 | 9781728419459 |
ISBN 10 | 172841945X |
Author | Marc Zimmer |
Language | English |
Book Description | "Covering how science is done, why some people want to trick others, and why false information can be dangerous, this book empowers readers to know which sources to trust and which to dismiss as deceit"-- |
About the Author | Marc Zimmer is the author of several nonfiction young adult books and a professor at Connecticut College, where he teaches chemistry and studies the proteins involved in producing light in jellyfish and fireflies. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and did his post-doc at Yale University. He has published articles on science and medicine for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Huffington Post, among many other publications. He lives in Waterford, Connecticut with his wife, their two children, and a genetically modified fluorescent mouse named Prometheus. |
Publication Date | 1 February 2022 |
Number of Pages | 120 pages |
Science and the Skeptic: Discerning Fact from Fiction