At The Fringes Of Science

AvMichael W Friedlander

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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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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Utgivningsdatum:2019-08-28
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:435 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:220
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367314613

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Michael W. Friedlander is professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of The Conduct of Science, Astronomy, From Stonehenge to Quasars, and Cosmic Rays, a selection of the Astronomy Book Club.

Innehållsförteckning

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