FINE/nFINE. Brown boards, white spine. SIGNED by AUTHOR dated 1997 on half title page. Forward by Stephen Jay Gould. Scarce signed, by important science writer, publisher of Skeptic magazine. [B140].

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Title: Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time [SIGNED]
Publisher: W H Freeman & Co, NY.
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0716730901
ISBN 13: 9780716730903
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: FIRST.
Condition: Collectible - SIGNED.
Signed: Signed by Author

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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.

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"This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science."
--Jared Diamond, author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel"
"Splendid."
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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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