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Quantum leaps in the wrong direction : where real science ends-- and pseudoscience begins / Charles M. Wynn and Arthur W. Wiggins ; with cartoons by Sidney Harris.
Van Pelt Library Q172.5.P77 W96 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wynn, Charles M., author.
- Wiggins, Arthur W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pseudoscience--Popular works.
- Pseudoscience.
- Science--Methodology--Popular works.
- Science.
- Science--Methodology.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 187 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- The road to reality : scientific method
- Scientific reasoning in action
- The road to reality versus the road to illusion
- UFOs and the extraterrestrial life hypothesis
- Out-of-body experiences and entities
- The astrology hypothesis
- The creationism hypothesis
- Normal sensory perception, extrasensory perception, and psychokinesis
- Alternatives to medicine
- Reflections on the scientific approach to reality.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190620295
- 0190620293
- OCLC:
- 953707395
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