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Titre :
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The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience
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Auteurs :
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Michael Shermer
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Type de document :
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document électronique
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Editeur :
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[S.l.] : ABC-CLIO, 2002
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-1-57607-653-8
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Index. décimale :
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503 (Dictionnaires, encyclop├®die, tableaux comparatifs)
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Résumé :
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A thorough, objective, and balanced analysis of the most prominent controversies made in the name of scienceÔÇòfrom the effectiveness of proposed medical treatments to the reality of supernatural claims.ÔÇó Includes over 100 entries about pseudoscientific subjects like the Bermuda Triangle, handwriting analysis, and the health hazards of electromagnetic fields and cell phonesÔÇó Presents 35 case studies and investigations from *The Skeptic* magazine about topics ranging from police psychics and recovered memory therapy to Atlantis and witchcraftÔÇó Includes classic primary documents such as "Whatever Happened to N-Rays?," Edward Condon's "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects," and Benjamin Franklin's report on animal magnetismÔÇó Includes over 60 contributors including scholars, psychologists, trial attorneys, and others
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