At The Fringes Of Science

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Av Michael W Friedlander, Michael W. Friedlander

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Scientific discoveries are constantly in the news. Almost daily we hear about new and important breakthroughs. But sometimes it turns out that what was trumpeted as scientific truth is later discredited, or controversy may long swirl about some dramatic claim.What is a nonscientist to believe? Many books debunk pseudoscience, and some others presen

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Utgivningsdatum2019-08-28
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt435 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor220
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367314613

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Preface -- 1 Science and Its Imitators -- 2 Oldies but Goodies -- 3 Hesitant Revolutions-Successful and Failed -- 4 Science and Its Practice -- 5 The Machinery of Science -- 6 Respectable Maverick Ideas -- 7 Walking on Water or Skating on Thin Ice -- 8 Tabloid Science -- 9 Pscience -- 10 Fraud: Yes, No, and Maybe -- 11 Political Pseudoscience -- 12 Taking Stock -- 13 Responding to Fringe Science -- Epilogue