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David J. Helfand

David Helfand is the former chair of the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University, where he has served on the faculty for nearly four decades.

Why Journalists Shouldn't Be Blinded by Bad Science

Why Journalists Shouldn’t Be Blinded by Bad Science

Astronomer and longtime professor David J. Helfand has taught scientific habits of mind to generations of undergraduates at Columbia University. His first book, “A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age:…
January 12, 2016
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