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.
Fearless, intelligent and remorselessly rational * The Sunday Times * The authors' combined strengths shine through. The examination of the evidence is comprehensive [and] forensic... * Nature * A definitive - if controversial - guide to what works, and what doesn't. It makes indispensable, if sometimes alarming, reading * Daily Mail *