Not a Scientist

This book is an eye-opening tour of the political tricks that subvert scientific progress, written by Dave Levitan who is a science journalist. He introduces different deceptive arguments used by politicians, like “The Butter-Up and Undercut”, “The Certain Uncertainty”, “The Straight-Up Fabrication”, and many more are present in this hilarious examination of the ways our elected officials attack scientific findings that conflict with their political agendas.

The full title of this book is “Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent and Utterly Mangle Science”. Published by W. W. Norton (April 2017).

Compiled and reviewed  by Clara Rayess