The Resource Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time, Michael Shermer ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould
Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time, Michael Shermer ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Revised and expanded.
- Extent
- xxvi, 349 pages
- Note
- "First Owl Books edition"--T.p. verso
- Contents
-
- Science and skepticism ; I am therefore I think: a skeptic's manifesto ; The most precious thing we have: the difference between science and pseudoscience ; How thinking goes wrong: twenty-five fallacies that lead us to believe weird things
- Part 2.
- Pseudoscience and superstition ; Deviations: the normal, the paranormal, and Edgar Cayce ; Through the invisible: near-death experiences and the quest for immortality ; Abducted: encounters with aliens ; Epidemics of accusations: medieval and modern witch crazes ; The unlikeliest cult: Ayn Rand, objectivism, and the cult of personality
- Part 3.
- Evolution and creationism ; In the beginning: an evening with Duane T. Gish ; Confronting creationists: twenty-five creationist arguments, twenty-five evolutionist answers ; Science defended, science defined: evolution and creationism at the Supreme Court
- Part 4.
- History and Pseudohistory ; Doing Donahue: history, censorships, and free speech ; Who says the Holocaust never happened, and why do they say it?: an overview of a movement ; How we know the Holocaust happened: debunking the deniers ; Pigeonholes and continuums: an African-Greek-German-American looks at race
- Part 5.
- Hope springs eternal ; Dr. Tipler meets Dr. Pangloss: can science find the best of all possible worlds? ; Why do people believe weird things? ; Why smart people believe weird things
- Foreword.
- The positive power of skepticism
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Introduction.
- Magical mystery tour: The whys and wherefores of weird things
- Prologue.
- Next on Oprah
- Part 1.
- Isbn
- 9780805070897
- Label
- Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time
- Title
- Why people believe weird things
- Title remainder
- pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Shermer ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould
- Language
- eng
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- 222975
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Shermer, Michael
- Dewey number
- 133
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q172.5.P77
- LC item number
- S48 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Pseudoscience
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- Superstição (aspectos psicológicos)
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- pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time
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- Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time, Michael Shermer ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould
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- Note
- "First Owl Books edition"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-332) and index
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- Contents
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- Science and skepticism ; I am therefore I think: a skeptic's manifesto ; The most precious thing we have: the difference between science and pseudoscience ; How thinking goes wrong: twenty-five fallacies that lead us to believe weird things
- Part 2.
- Pseudoscience and superstition ; Deviations: the normal, the paranormal, and Edgar Cayce ; Through the invisible: near-death experiences and the quest for immortality ; Abducted: encounters with aliens ; Epidemics of accusations: medieval and modern witch crazes ; The unlikeliest cult: Ayn Rand, objectivism, and the cult of personality
- Part 3.
- Evolution and creationism ; In the beginning: an evening with Duane T. Gish ; Confronting creationists: twenty-five creationist arguments, twenty-five evolutionist answers ; Science defended, science defined: evolution and creationism at the Supreme Court
- Part 4.
- History and Pseudohistory ; Doing Donahue: history, censorships, and free speech ; Who says the Holocaust never happened, and why do they say it?: an overview of a movement ; How we know the Holocaust happened: debunking the deniers ; Pigeonholes and continuums: an African-Greek-German-American looks at race
- Part 5.
- Hope springs eternal ; Dr. Tipler meets Dr. Pangloss: can science find the best of all possible worlds? ; Why do people believe weird things? ; Why smart people believe weird things
- Foreword.
- The positive power of skepticism
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Introduction.
- Magical mystery tour: The whys and wherefores of weird things
- Prologue.
- Next on Oprah
- Part 1.
- Control code
- 723519
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Revised and expanded.
- Extent
- xxvi, 349 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805070897
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2002068784
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- unmediated
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- (Sirsi) i9780805070897
- (OCoLC)49874665
- Label
- Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time, Michael Shermer ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould
- Link
- Note
- "First Owl Books edition"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-332) and index
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- volume
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
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- text
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- txt
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- Contents
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- Science and skepticism ; I am therefore I think: a skeptic's manifesto ; The most precious thing we have: the difference between science and pseudoscience ; How thinking goes wrong: twenty-five fallacies that lead us to believe weird things
- Part 2.
- Pseudoscience and superstition ; Deviations: the normal, the paranormal, and Edgar Cayce ; Through the invisible: near-death experiences and the quest for immortality ; Abducted: encounters with aliens ; Epidemics of accusations: medieval and modern witch crazes ; The unlikeliest cult: Ayn Rand, objectivism, and the cult of personality
- Part 3.
- Evolution and creationism ; In the beginning: an evening with Duane T. Gish ; Confronting creationists: twenty-five creationist arguments, twenty-five evolutionist answers ; Science defended, science defined: evolution and creationism at the Supreme Court
- Part 4.
- History and Pseudohistory ; Doing Donahue: history, censorships, and free speech ; Who says the Holocaust never happened, and why do they say it?: an overview of a movement ; How we know the Holocaust happened: debunking the deniers ; Pigeonholes and continuums: an African-Greek-German-American looks at race
- Part 5.
- Hope springs eternal ; Dr. Tipler meets Dr. Pangloss: can science find the best of all possible worlds? ; Why do people believe weird things? ; Why smart people believe weird things
- Foreword.
- The positive power of skepticism
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Introduction.
- Magical mystery tour: The whys and wherefores of weird things
- Prologue.
- Next on Oprah
- Part 1.
- Control code
- 723519
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Revised and expanded.
- Extent
- xxvi, 349 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805070897
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- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2002068784
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780805070897
- (OCoLC)49874665
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