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Electronic edition of The Shadow of a Doubt
National Capital Area Skeptics
October, 2001

Welcome to NCAS's 15th year of programs 1987-2002

	It Ain't Necessarily So -- Dr. David Murray
	Saturday, October 27, 2pm - 330 pm
	Twinbrook Library, 202 Meadow Hall Drive, Rockville, Maryland

Dr. David Murray discusses and signs his book, It Ain't Necessarily So 
How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality. The book will 
be available for purchase at the talk. The first chapter may be read online 
at http//www.stats.org/book.htm

"Until we learn the intricacies of media-culture and the processes by which 
news is made, we are vulnerable to a daily dose of misunderstanding contained 
in each morning's headlines. Indeed, we are at risk of perpetually 
misdiagnosing our modern world and the role we play in it." 
- from the introduction

Dr. Murray is Director of Research for the Statistical Assessment Service 
(STATS), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving media coverage of 
scientific and statistical information.

Dr. Murray is an energetic, knowledgeable and engaging speaker, as those 
who heard him speak for NCAS in 1997 and 1998 on other subjects will recall. 
http//www.ncas.org/Newsletters/feb97.html - Understanding breast cancer statistics
http//www.ncas.org/Newsletters/feb98.html - Native American creation stories
	
The Twinbrook Library (intersection of Veirs Mill and Twinbrook) is a 3/4 mile 
walk from the Twinbrook Metro on the Red Line or take Metro Bus Q2 which stops
at the library.

	Map and Directions to Twinnbrook Library
	http//www.mont.lib.md.us/branchinfo/tw.asp
	
	Metro Bus Q2 route to the Twinnbrook Library
	http//www.wmata.com/timetables/md/Q2.pdf

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Next Month -- Childhood Vaccine Controversy -- Arthur Allen
Saturday, November 10, 1030-1230, Twinbrook Library

Arthur Allen will speak about recent controversies regarding the safety of 
childhood vaccines. He will touch on scientific issues as well as the 
motivation, ideology and historical role of anti-vaccine activists in America. 
Allen is a freelance writer who regularly contributes health, science and 
other articles to The Washington Post, Salon.com and other publications. 
[Rescheduled from March 2001]

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National Capital Area Skeptics Public Lecture Series
FREE admission - Everyone welcome - members and non-members
For more information call the 24-hour NCAS skeptic Line recording 
at (301) 587-3827 or e-mail ncas@ncas.org or web www.ncas.org

National Capital Area Skeptics
P.O. Box 8428
Silver Spring, Maryland 20907

Telephone 301-587-3827
Email ncas@ncas.org
http//www.ncas.org/