Nonsense on stilts : how to tell science from bunk / Massimo Pigliucci.

By:

Pigliucci, Massimo, 1964-

Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018Edition: Second editionDescription: 317 pages : illustration ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780226495996 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

001.9 23

LOC classification:

Q172.5.P77 P54 2018

Summary: "Why do people believe in bunk? And what causes them to embrace such pseudoscientific beliefs and practices and ignore data? Noted skeptic Massimo Pigliucci sets out to separate the fact from the fantasy in this entertaining exploration of the nature of science, the borderlands of fringe science, and nonsense on stilts. Presenting case studies on a number of controversial topics, Pigliucci cuts through the ambiguity surrounding science to look more closely at how science is conducted, disseminated, and interpreted, and what it means to our society"-- Publisher description.

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"Why do people believe in bunk? And what causes them to embrace such pseudoscientific beliefs and practices and ignore data? Noted skeptic Massimo Pigliucci sets out to separate the fact from the fantasy in this entertaining exploration of the nature of science, the borderlands of fringe science, and nonsense on stilts. Presenting case studies on a number of controversial topics, Pigliucci cuts through the ambiguity surrounding science to look more closely at how science is conducted, disseminated, and interpreted, and what it means to our society"-- Publisher description.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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