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The New Age
Martin Gardner
其他書名
Notes of a Fringe Watcher
出版Prometheus Books, 1988
主題Body, Mind & Spirit / GeneralBody, Mind & Spirit / Parapsychology / General
ISBN08797564469780879756444
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=lBc6PgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Not since his Science: Good, Bad and Bogus has there been such a bountiful offering of the delightful combination of drollery and horse sense that has made Martin Gardner the undisputed dean of the critics of pseudoscience.
In The New Age: Notes of a Fringe-Watcher, Gardner confronts new trends in pseudoscience and the paranormal: from the much-publicized past-life exploits of Shirley MacLaine to the latest in perpetual-motion machines, from "prime-time preachers" to the "channeling mania" of the past few years.
Many of these pieces were published in Gardner's column in the Skeptical Inquirer. Others appeared in the New York Times, The New York Review of Books, Discover magazine, and other publications. Gardner has added forewords and/or afterwords to most of the chapters to give background, to bring recent developments to light, or to include responses from his critics.
Destined to be a classic of skeptical literature, this book will be a welcome treat for Gardner fans and a rewarding adventure for his new readers.