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9 produkter
Scientific Literacy and the Myth of the Scientific Method
Häftad, 1994
329 kr
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What is science? Is social science a science? Why are more and more so-called scientific discoveries being exposed as outright frauds? Henry Bauer tackles these and many more intriguing questions that are emerging from within the academic and scientific communities and attracting attention from the …
Science or Pseudoscience
Magnetic Healing, Psychic Phenomena, and Other Heterodoxies
Häftad, 2004
273 kr
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Although science attempts to draw a clear line separating its endeavors from those of "pseudoscience," Henry Bauer reveals that the distinction is both equivocal and misleading. Setting aside science's snowy mantle of truth, Bauer presents pseudoscience--or anomalistics--not as the opposite of …
Origin, Persistence and Failings of HIV/AIDS Theory
Häftad, 2007
421 kr
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Thanks to enormous funding for educational programs, the whole world "knows" that HIV causes AIDS. But is what we know compatible with the facts? This book challenges the conventional wisdom on this issue. Collating and analyzing, for the first time, the results of more than two decades of HIV …
Dogmatism in Science and Medicine
How Dominant Theories Monopolize Research and Stifle the Search for Truth
Häftad, 2012
487 kr
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The nature of scientific activity has changed dramatically over the last half century, and the objectivity and rigorous search for evidence that once defined it are being abandoned. Increasingly, this text argues, dogma has taken the place of authentic science.This study examines how conflicts of …
Science Is Not What You Think
How It Has Changed, Why We Can't Trust It, How It Can Be Fixed
Häftad, 2017
422 kr
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This book discusses the ways in which science, the touchstone of reliable knowledge in modern society, changed dramatically in the second half of the 20th century, becoming less trustworthy through conflicts of interest and excessive competitiveness. Fraud became common enough that organized …
Enigma of Loch Ness
Making Sense of a Mystery
E-bok, 2012
505 kr
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Like UFO's, Big Foot, and the Bermuda Triangle, the Loch Ness monster continues to fascinate us by the persistence of its mystery. While many authors have focused upon the search for Nessie, Bauer is the first to present a detailed and balanced look at the history of the controversy surrounding …
To Rise Above Principle
The Memoirs of an Unreconstructed Dean
Av Henry H. Bauer, Josef Martin
E-bok, 2012
446 kr
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In this lighthearted yet serious look at the trials and tribulations of an academic dean, Josef Martin recounts stories that may astonish many members of the academic community but will sound hauntingly familiar to other deans. He describes the dean's role in such matters as tenure decisions, …
