Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial

Singh, Simon; Ernst, Edzard

ISBN 10: 0593061292 / ISBN 13: 9780593061299

Published by Bantam Press, London, etc, 2008

About this Item

2008. [viii], 342pp. "The efficacy of alternative medicine is rigorously addressed by analyzing the evidence for and against more than thirty popular alternative therapies such as acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, chiropractic and herbal medicines." Simon Singh's signature without inscription to title page. Both book and unclipped dust jacket are in excellent condition. All contents are tight and clean. There are no other inscriptions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial
• Publisher: Bantam Press, London, etc
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593061292
• ISBN 13: 9780593061299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: SIGNED COPY
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medicine
  • SIGNED

About this title

Synopsis

The ultimate verdict on alternative medicine.

About the Author

Professor Edzard Ernst is the world’s first professor of complementary medicine. Formerly a clinical doctor, he has studied homeopathy and practiced this and many other alternative treatments. He has now built a world-class reputation for successfully applying science to test the value of alternative therapies and is regularly interviewed for TV and radio.

Dr Simon Singh has a Ph.D. in particle physics and started his career as a producer on BBC science programmes such as Horizon. He is the author of the worldwide bestsellers Fermat's Last Theorem and The Code Book. Big Bang, his history of cosmology, became a New York Times bestseller.