The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience [2 volumes] - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576076539 ISBN 13: 9781576076538

Verlag: ABC-CLIO, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Edited by Michael Shermer, editor and publisher of The Skeptic magazine, this truly unique work provides a comprehensive introduction to the most prominent pseudoscientific claims made in the name of "science." Covering the popular, the academic, and the bizarre, the encyclopedia includes everything from alien abductions to the Bermuda Triangle, crop circles, Feng Shui, and near-death experiences.

Fifty-nine brief descriptive summaries and 23 investigations from The Skeptic magazine give skeptical analyses of subjects as far-ranging as acupuncture, chiropractic, and Atlantis. The encyclopedia also gives for-and-against debates on topics such as evolutionary psychology and case studies on topics like police psychics and the medical intuitive Carolyn Myss. Finally, the volumes include five classic works in the history of science and pseudoscience, including the speech William Jennings Bryan never delivered in the Scopes trial, and the first scientific and skeptical investigation of a paranormal/spiritual phenomenon by Benjamin Franklin and Antoine Lavoisier.

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Michael Shermer is editor and publisher of The Skeptic magazine, a regular columnist for Scientific American, and director of the Skeptic Society.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1576076539
• ISBN 13: 9781576076538
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 903
• Herausgeber: Shermer Michael, Linse Pat
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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