Eight Preposterous Propositions: From the Genetics of Homosexuality to the Benefits of Global Warming - Hardcover

Ehrlich, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691099995 ISBN 13: 9780691099996

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 2003

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Presents a series of case studies of some of the most controversial subjects in the natural and social sciences including extraterrestrial life, placebo cures, and psychokinesis, explaining how readers can use scientific tools to judge the accuracy of controversial ideas as well as the trustworthiness of their experts.

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Robert Ehrlich is Professor of Physics at George Mason University and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

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"Robert Ehrlich's Eight Preposterous Propositions, the sequel to his cleverly conceived and brilliantly executedNine Crazy Ideas in Science, is sure to both infuriate and delight readers at the same time! If there isn't something in this book that you already agree and disagree with then you will by the time you finish it because these are among the most politically and culturally controversial ideas in all of science. I am simply staggered at both the depth and scope of Ehrlich's research, yet at the same time I am struck by how fair he is to all sides in these contentious issues. If you want to get your mind around a complex issue in a modest amount of time then Eight Preposterous Propositions is for you. Every college course in critical thinking should assign this book as a model of balanced treatment and fair mindedness."--Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American, author of Why People Believe Weird Things

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"Robert Ehrlich's Eight Preposterous Propositions, the sequel to his cleverly conceived and brilliantly executed Nine Crazy Ideas in Science, is sure to both infuriate and delight readers at the same time! If there isn't something in this book that you already agree and disagree with then you will by the time you finish it because these are among the most politically and culturally controversial ideas in all of science. I am simply staggered at both the depth and scope of Ehrlich's research, yet at the same time I am struck by how fair he is to all sides in these contentious issues. If you want to get your mind around a complex issue in a modest amount of time then Eight Preposterous Propositions is for you. Every college course in critical thinking should assign this book as a model of balanced treatment and fair mindedness."--Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American, author of Why People Believe Weird Things

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0691099995
• ISBN 13: 9780691099996
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 342
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