Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
Shermer, Michael
ISBN 10: 0716733870 ISBN 13: 9780716733874
Published by W H Freeman & Co, 1998
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This work presents a down-to-earth and sometimes funny survey of a range of contemporary irrationalisms, and explains their empirical and logical flaws. It tackles a variety of topics including creationism, Holocaust denial, race and IQ, cults and alien abductions, and the author looks at the research behind the claims and discredits the pseudoscience involved.
Review:
"This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science."
--Jared Diamond, author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel"
"Splendid."
--"Vanity Fair"
This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science. Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
Splendid. "Vanity Fair""
This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science. Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
Splendid. Vanity Fair
""This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science." --Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
"Splendid." --Vanity Fair
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Title: Why People Believe Weird Things: ...
Publisher: W H Freeman & Co
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Acceptable