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Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time

text Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time

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Publisher description: In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices,... Read more
Contents
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. Science and skepticism ; I am therefore I think: a skeptic's manife... Read more
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xxvi, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher
A.W.H. Freeman/Owl Book 2002

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 133 SHE in Adult Non-fiction Available
East Bay Branch Library 133 SHE in Adult Non-fiction Available

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