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Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends...and Pseudoscience Begins
Charles M. Wynn
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Description for Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends...and Pseudoscience Begins
Hardback. "Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" carefully deconstructs five examples of pseudoscience-UFOs, out-of-body experiences, astrology, creationism, and ESP- and gives easy recipes to test other dubious notions so that the reader can ascertain what lies in the realm of real science and what more properly deserves the tag of pseudoscience. Illustrator(s): Harris, Sidney. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44. BIC Classification: PDX; PHVB; VXQB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 2. Weight in Grams: 448.
Get the straight, scientific story on things like astrology, ghosts, spontaneous human combustion, psychic surgery, and ESP. You hear about these fantastic happenings every day on television and in the supermarket tabloids. Is any of this true or are they making it all up? While many people tune in just for laughs, plenty of readers believe their outrageous claims - often because they simply don't have a clear notion of what science really is. So how do you figure out what constitutes real science and what is nonsense? "Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" carefully deconstructs five examples of pseudoscience ... Read more
Get the straight, scientific story on things like astrology, ghosts, spontaneous human combustion, psychic surgery, and ESP. You hear about these fantastic happenings every day on television and in the supermarket tabloids. Is any of this true or are they making it all up? While many people tune in just for laughs, plenty of readers believe their outrageous claims - often because they simply don't have a clear notion of what science really is. So how do you figure out what constitutes real science and what is nonsense? "Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" carefully deconstructs five examples of pseudoscience ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190620295
SKU
V9780190620295
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About Charles M. Wynn
Charles M. Wynn, Sr., received his PhD in Chemistry from University of Michigan. He is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Eastern Connecticut State University. Arthur W. Wiggins graduated from the University of Notre Dame and then attended the University of Michigan, where he received an M.S. in physics. He is currently a Professor of Physics at Oakland Community ... Read more
Reviews for Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends...and Pseudoscience Begins
A necessary antidote to the anti-science and pseudoscience that has gained new prominence... The main features that add to the text are illustrations by the esteemed cartoonist Sidney Harris... Recommended.
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Very few books give the lay person the ability to tell good from bad. While many books are there to inform you of this or that fact ... Read more
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Very few books give the lay person the ability to tell good from bad. While many books are there to inform you of this or that fact ... Read more