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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherFreeman & Company, W&H
ISBN-100716733870
ISBN-139780716733874
eBay Product ID (ePID)374353
Product Key Features
Edition1
Book TitleWhy People Believe Weird Things : Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
Number of Pages306 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEpistemology, Folklore & Mythology, General
Publication Year1998
IllustratorYes
FeaturesRevised
GenrePhilosophy, Social Science, Science
AuthorMichael Shermer
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN97-003387
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal133
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThis work presents a down-to-earth and sometimes funny survey of a range of contemporary irrationalisms, and explains their empirical and logical flaws. It tackles a variety of topics including creationism, Holocaust denial, race and IQ, cults and alien abductions, and the author looks at the research behind the claims and discredits the pseudoscience involved.