Why people believe weird things: pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time / Michael Shermer; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould

Shermer, Michael

ISBN 10: 0716730901 / ISBN 13: 9780716730903

Edité par New York: W.H. Freeman & Co, 1997

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Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 306 p.: ill.; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-293) and index. Subjects: Belief and doubt. Truthfulness and falsehood. Creationism. Holocaust denial. Pseudoscience.Parapsychology. History.Creative ability in science. Genre: Science. 1 Kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Why people believe weird things: pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time / Michael Shermer; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould
• Éditeur: New York: W.H. Freeman & Co
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0716730901
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780716730903
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: First Edition.

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Synopsis

A survey of a range of irrationalisms, with explanations of their empirical and logical flaws. The book describes the differences between science and pseudo-science, and goes on to describe and critique popular contemporary irrationalisms, UFOs, Holocaust denial and Satanic cult conspiracies.