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Author:

Shermer, Michael.

Title:

Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time / Michael Shermer ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould.

Edition:

Rev. and expanded.

Publisher:

W.H. Freeman/Owl Book,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xxvi, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Pseudoscience.
Creative ability in science.

Notes:

"First Owl Books edition"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-332) and index.

Contents:

Part 5. Why smart people believe weird things. Stephen Jay Gould -- Introduction. Magical mystery tour: the whys and wherefores of weird things -- Prologue. Next on Oprah -- Part 1. Science and skepticism. I am therefore I think: a skeptic's manifesto ; The most precious thing we have: the difference between science and pseudoscience ; How thinking goes wrong: twenty-five fallacies that lead us to believe weird things -- Part 2. Pseudoscience and superstition. Deviations: the normal, the paranormal, and Edgar Cayce ; Through the invisible: near-death experiences and the quest for immortality ; Abducted: encounters with aliens ; Epidemics of accusations: medieval and modern witch crazes ; The unlikeliest cult: Ayn Rand, objectivism, and the cult of personality -- Part 3. Evolution and creationism. In the beginning: an evening with Duane T. Gish ; Confronting creationists: twenty-five creationist arguments, twenty-five evolutionist answers ; Science defended, science defined: evolution and creationism at the Supreme Court -- Part 4. History and Pseudohistory. Doing Donahue: history, censorships, and free speech ; Who says the Holocaust never happened, and why do they say it?: an overview of a movement ; How we know the Holocaust happened: debunking the deniers ; Pigeonholes and continuums: an African-Greek-German-American looks at race -- Part 5. Hope springs eternal. Dr. Tipler meets Dr. Pangloss: can science find the best of all possible worlds? ; Why do people believe weird things? ; Why smart people believe weird things.

ISBN:

9780805070897 (pbk.)
0805070893 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49874665

LCCN:

2002068784

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SGPD074 -- Evansdale Public Library (Evansdale)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)