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Title: The Experts Speak : The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation by Christopher Cerf, Victor S Navasky ISBN: 0-679-77806-3 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: 04 August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.73 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A humorous and very informative book!!
Comment: This wonderful book, taught me many historical facts that I didn't know. It's great to see people who are "experts" and therefore smarter than me, wrong so often!!!
Rating: 1
Summary: Misinformation, Misquotations, and Bad Sources
Comment: When a book claims to be "definitive" AND "authoritative" one might expect some level of accuracy and even a broadcast-quality fact checking. These authors use second and third party sources when inaccurately quoting reputable figures, even when primary sources are easily available. In three instances I researched, they claimed to "quote" from a book that has NO SUCH QUOTE! I own the source book and found it nowhere between the covers.
I was appalled at the extent to which this method is used in _The Experts Speak_, ultimately leading to the spreading of misinformation--not the cataloging of it. I personally checked the book for persons and subjects familiar to me to find that 3 of 4 quotes were both innacurate and the sources were mislabeled AND misquoted. The problem is so widespread, and the resulting misinformation seems designed to support a political agenda of the authors. Buy at your own risk.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Real Expert's Recommendation
Comment: This book has been recommended by the late Douglas Adams (author of "Hitchhiker's Guide" and many other brilliant books) on his web page www.h2g2.com. He liked it, you will like it.
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Title: The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins ISBN: 0393315703 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said by Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras ISBN: 0385419287 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Blunder Book : Gigantic by M. H. Goldberg ISBN: 0688077579 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 25 February, 1988 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Last Chance to See by Mark Carwardine, Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine ISBN: 0345371984 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Adams ISBN: 0671746723 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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