Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time
Shermer, Michael2011
Books, Manuscripts
A survey of a range of irrationalisms, with explanations of their empirical and logical flaws, this book describes the differences between science and pseudo-science, and goes on to describe and critique popular contemporary irrationalisms.
Main title:
Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time / Michael Shermer ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould.
Author:
Shermer, Michael, author
Edition:
[New edition].
Imprint:
London : Souvenir Press, 2007.London : Souvenir Press, 2007.
Collation:
xxvi, 349 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
(incl. VAT).This edition originally published: New York: A.W.H. Freeman, 2002.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780285638037 (pbk)
Dewey class:
133133SHE
Local class:
133 SHE
Language:
English
BRN:
308732