Spooky Science: Confronting the Pseudoscience of the Supernatural
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Skeptics of the supernatural will enjoy this humourous jaunt through the long history of scientific...
Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends...and Pseudoscience Begins
Charles M. Wynn, Arthur W. Wiggins and Sidney Harris
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Get the straight, scientific story on things like astrology, ghosts, spontaneous human combustion,...
Lost City, Found Pyramid: Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices
Jeb J. Card and David S. Anderson
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Lost City, Found Pyramid delves into the fascinating world of sensational "pseudoarchaeology," from...
Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction
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An earthquake can strike without warning and wreak horrific destruction and death, whether it's the...
Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
Donald R. Prothero, Michael Shermer and Daniel Loxton
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Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales...
cryptozoology popular culture
Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner, Persi Diaconis and James Randi
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Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and...
Medicine and the Science of the Stars: Astrological Physick in Early Modern England
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Despite the modern view of astrology as a pseudoscience, the movements and corresponding effects of...
Wilhelm Reich, Biologist
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Psychoanalyst, political theorist, pioneer of body therapies, prophet of the sexual revolution--all...
Solar Flares: Science Fiction in the 1970s
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Science fiction produced in the 1970s has long been undervalued, dismissed by Bruce Sterling as...
Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
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The scientific story of first impressions--and why the snap character judgments we make from faces...
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