The de-textbook : the stuff you didn't know about the stuff you thought you knew.
Title:
The de-textbook : the stuff you didn't know about the stuff you thought you knew.
ISBN:
9780452298200
Publication Information:
New York : Plume, 2013.
Physical Description:
xiii, 209 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 25 cm
Contents:
Introduction : a brief recap of your squandered education -- Health and anatomy: welcome to your body! here's some bullshit we made up about it -- Biology : animals they lied about and the amazing real ones they kept secret -- World history : the greatest story ever withheld -- Sex education : lies about your junk and how to use it -- Physics : the universe is an unpredictable magic show -- U.S. history : the (bullshit) superhero movie -- Nutrition : everything you know is conspiring to make you fat and dead -- Practical psychology : how to keep your brain from screwing you.
Subject:
| Common fallacies. |
| History -- Errors, inventions, etc. |
| Errors, Scientific -- Miscellanea. |
| Medical misconceptions -- Miscellanea. |