Heretics

Adventures with the Enemies of Science

AvWill Storr

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Engelska, 2013

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Why do obviously intelligent people believe things in spite of the evidence against them?Will Storr has travelled across the world to meet an extraordinary cast of modern heretics in order to answer this question. He goes on a tour of Holocaust sites with David Irving and a band of neo-Nazis, experiences his own murder during 'past-life regression' hypnosis, takes part in a mass homeopathic overdose, and investigates a new disease affecting tens of thousands of people - a disease that doesn't actually exist.Using a unique mix of personal memoir, investigative journalism and the latest research from neuroscience and experimental psychology, Storr reveals why the facts just won't convince some people, and how the neurological 'hero-maker' inside all of us can so easily lead to self-deception and science-denial. The Heretics will change the way you think about thinking.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-02-14
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781447204527
Förlag:Pan Macmillan

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Will Storr is a longform journalist and novelist. His features have appeared in various publications, including Guardian Weekend, The Times Magazine, Observer Magazine, GQ, Marie Claire and the Sydney Morning Herald. He is a contributing editor at Esquire magazine. He has been named New Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year, and has won a National Press Club award for excellence. In 2010, his investigation into the kangaroo meat industry won the Australian Food Media award for Best Investigative Journalism and, in 2012, he was presented with the One World Press award and the Amnesty International award for his work on sexual violence against men. He is also the author of Selfie, an investigation into social media, and the history of individualism.

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'Utterly engrossing ... The Heretics is an accessible and absolutely compelling read' Daily Express 'Very valuable, and a great read to boot, this is investigative journalism of the highest order' Independent, Book of the Week 'A humane and generous book ... its insightful exploration of lives lived "beyond the facts" is to be celebrated' Sunday Telegraph