Nibbling on Einstein's Brain: The Good, the Bad and the Bogus in Science

by Diane Swanson

Book Overview

"This fascinating and kid-friendly book gives budding scientists and others an introduction to the tools and strategies needed to evaluate and understand scientific information ..." --School Library... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550376861
• ISBN13: 9781550376869
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Annick Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Superb Lessons in Critical Thinking

This book is the best thing for kids since peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were invented. It is illustrated, amusing, and fun to read even for adults. It's a complete short course in how to think, and how not to be fooled. Its advice applies to evaluating advertising, pseudoscientic claims, and what your teachers tell you. Hey, kids! Grownups can be wrong! Kids are encouraged not to accept everything they hear at face value; it is empowering to kids to know that they can use their own "baloney detectors." BUY IT! For your children, your grandchildren, to donate to the nearest school or library, or to read for yourself.