Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science Revised Edition Contributor(s): Gardner, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486203948 ISBN-13: 9780486203942 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1957 Annotation: Fair, witty appraisal of cranks, quacks, and quackeries of science and pseudoscience: hollow earth, Velikovsky, orgone energy, Dianetics, flying saucers, Bridey Murphy, food and medical fads, more. "A very able and even-tempered presentation." -- "The New Yorker. " |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | History |
Dewey: 500 |
LCCN: 57014907 |
Series: Popular Science |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.4" W x 8.08" (0.82 lbs) 384 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Although we are amused, we may also be embarrassed to find our friends or even ourselves among the gullible advocates of plausible-sounding doubletalk." -- Saturday Review |