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Frazier, Kendrick

 
9781633889668: The Hundredth Monkey: Best of Skeptical Inquirer
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1633889661 ISBN 13: 9781633889668
Verlag: Prometheus, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

The Hundredth Monkey takes its title from philosopher Ron Amundson's expose of the "Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon," a claim about collective consciousness. Forty-three essays by thirty-nine authors, including Isaac Asimov, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan, Ray Hyman, Paul Kurtz, and James Randi, examine aspects of paranormal and fringe-science beliefs from an authoritative, scientific point of view. The penetrating and entertaining essays, many with timely postscripts, are grouped into nine categories:- Understanding Human Need - Examining Popular Claims- Encouraging Critical Thinking - Medical Controversies- Evaluating the Anomalous Experience - Astrology- Considering Parapsychology - Crashed Saucer Claims- Controversies Within ScienceScientists and scholars discuss the burden of skepticism and the delicate balance between a creative openness to new ideas and the relentless scrutiny of new claims. A classic source book for scientifically responsible explanations of controversies, hoaxes, bizarre mysteries, and popular cultural myths.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kendrick Frazier is a veteran science journalist and the longtime editor of the Skeptical Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason. A former Editor of Science News, he is author or editor of ten books, including the anthology Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Geophysical Union.He is a recipient of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s “In Praise of Reason” Award.

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Verlag
Prometheus
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1633889661
ISBN 13 
9781633889668
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
414
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