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A review by Jonathan Cowie of my October 2007 book Corrupted Science has just appeared on the Concatenation website. The full review is at http://www.concatenation.org:80/nfrev/corrupted_science.html. Here's the last paragraph of it:

Thanks then to John Grant for an absolute gem of a book that exposes much fraud, ideology and politics corrupting science. This is a critically important book that everyone needs to read. . . . Non-scientists need to read it so that they can see exemplars of what is being said and how attempts are being made to fool them. Scientists need to read it for purposes of professional integrity and to be aware of what is being said in the name of their profession. Indeed I would strongly recommend that every science school teacher, every college and university lecturer should get a copy and check it for examples of how their particular specialism is being misrepresented and then include these in their class/lecture notes. It goes without saying that this is fundamental reading for anyone on science communication courses. Corrupted Science is far more important a book than its title suggests. It pains me to say this (as my own climate change book is just out) but if you only get one non-fiction book this year then make it this one!

Golly.

There's bumf about Corrupted Science at http://tinyurl.com/2xqu7d, and a sample chapter at http://tinyurl.com/3b6885.

The book of his own that Cowie refers to is Climate Change: Biological & Human Aspects, published by CUP: http://www.science-com.concatenation.org/archive/climate_change_biology.html.