Pseudoscience and Deception - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pseudoscience and Deception write by Bryan Farha. This book was released on 2013-12-24. Pseudoscience and Deception available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pseudoscience and Deception is a compilation of some of the most eye-opening skeptical articles pertaining to extraordinary claims and pseudoscience. The articles explore paranormal, extraordinary, or fringe-science claims and reveal logical explanations or outline the deceptive tactics involved in convincing the vulnerable. Topics include claims of astrology, psychic ability, alternative medicine, after-death communication, psychotherapy, and pseudoscience. The contributors to this book are among the most accomplished critical thinkers, scientists, and educators in the world and tackle their respective topics from a rational, logical, and skeptical perspective. Most students are seldom excited to study “critical thinking”—with the exception of allegedly paranormal phenomena as the subject matter. Educators must seize this golden opportunity to witness and experience students’ genuine engagement in studying critical thinking.
Proofiness
Proofiness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Proofiness write by Charles Seife. This book was released on 2010. Proofiness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The best-selling author of New York Times Notable Book Zero shows how mathematical misinformation pervades--and shapes--people's daily lives and is used to bring down government officials, convict the innocent, ruin the U.S. economy and more.
The Triumph of Doubt
The Triumph of Doubt - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Triumph of Doubt write by David Michaels. This book was released on 2020. The Triumph of Doubt available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Opioids. Concussions. Obesity. Climate change. America is a country of everyday crises -- big, long-spanning problems that persist, mostly unregulated, despite their toll on the country's health and vitality. And for every case of government inaction on one of these issues, there is a set of familiar, doubtful refrains: The science is unclear. The data is inconclusive. Regulation is unjustified. It's a slippery slope. Is it? The Triumph of Doubt traces the ascendance of science-for-hire in American life and government, from its origins in the tobacco industry in the 1950s to its current manifestations across government, public policy, and even professional sports. Well-heeled American corporations have long had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and manufacturing uncertainty; in The Triumph of Doubt, former Obama and Clinton official David Michaels details how bad science becomes public policy -- and where it's happening today. Amid fraught conversations of "alternative facts" and "truth decay," The Triumph of Doubt wields its unprecedented access to shine a light on the machinations and scope of manipulated science in American society. It is an urgent, revelatory work, one that promises to reorient conversations around science and the public good for the foreseeable future"--Provided by publisher.
Pseudoscience watch
Pseudoscience watch - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pseudoscience watch write by Team PSW. This book was released on 2017. Pseudoscience watch available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Debunked!
Debunked! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Debunked! write by Georges Charpak. This book was released on 2004-04-29. Debunked! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the most scientifically advanced period in human history, belief in the paranormal and the supernatural is alarmingly common. Nobel Prize winner Georges Charpak and physics professor Henri Broch team up to show you the tricks of the trade and sleight of hand that keep astrologers, TV psychics, and spoon benders in business. Using only the simplest of science, the authors explore the effectiveness of horoscopes--the blander the better--and why, with a television audience in the millions, any strange, unlikely prediction is almost certain to come true. Not merely an exposé of magic tricks, this book demonstrates how pseudoscientists use science, statistics, and psychology to bamboozle an audience--sometimes for fun, sometimes for profit. Entertaining and enlightening, Debunked! is the antidote, vigorously asserting the virtues of doubt, skepticism, curiosity, and scientific knowledge.--From publisher description.
