The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science - Couverture souple

Storr, Will

 
9780330535861: The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0330535862 ISBN 13 : 9780330535861
Editeur : Picador, 2014

Synopsis

Why do obviously intelligent people believe things in spite of the evidence against them?

Will Storr has travelled across the world to meet an extraordinary cast of modern heretics in order to answer this question. He goes on a tour of Holocaust sites with David Irving and a band of neo-Nazis, experiences his own murder during 'past-life regression' hypnosis, takes part in a mass homeopathic overdose, and investigates a new disease affecting tens of thousands of people - a disease that doesn't actually exist.

Using a unique mix of personal memoir, investigative journalism and the latest research from neuroscience and experimental psychology, Storr reveals why the facts just won't convince some people, and how the neurological 'hero-maker' inside all of us can so easily lead to self-deception and science-denial. The Heretics will change the way you think about thinking.

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À propos de l'auteur

Will Storr is a longform journalist and novelist. His features have appeared in various publications, including Guardian Weekend, The Times Magazine, Observer Magazine, GQ, Marie Claire and the Sydney Morning Herald. He is a contributing editor at Esquire magazine. He has been named New Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year, and has won a National Press Club award for excellence. In 2010, his investigation into the kangaroo meat industry won the Australian Food Media award for Best Investigative Journalism and in 2012, he was presented with the One World Press award and the Amnesty International award for his work on sexual violence against men.

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Éditeur
Picador
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0330535862
ISBN 13 
9780330535861
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
464
Coordonnées du fabricant
Picador
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9781447231684: The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science

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ISBN 10 :  1447231686 ISBN 13 :  9781447231684
Editeur : Picador, 2013
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