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The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
Michael Shermer
其他書名
[2 volumes]
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
, 2002-11-14
主題
Science / General
ISBN
1576076547
9781576076545
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7b3OEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
A thorough, objective, and balanced analysis of the most prominent controversies made in the name of science—from the effectiveness of proposed medical treatments to the reality of supernatural claims.
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.