O'Brien, Jack

The De-Textbook : the stuff you didn't know about the stuff you thought you knew / Detextbook : the stuff you didn't know about the stuff you thought you knew. CRACKED. - New York, New York : Plume, 2013. - xiii, 209 p. : ill. (some color), color map ; 24 cm.

A brief recap of your squandered education -- Health and anatomy: stuck inside an insane machine with a user's guide made of lies -- Biology : the propaganda campaign to make you think all cool animals are dead -- World history : if it was written by the winners, they are boring liars -- 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 -- Health and nutrition : tricked into living fat and dying young -- Practical psychology : how to keep your brain from screwing you.

ISBN: 9780452298200 (hbk.) 0452298202 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2013022408

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Common fallacies.
History
Errors, Scientific
Medical misconceptions

Dewey Class. No.: 001.96