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Libro 5 di 7: Best of Skeptical Inquirer

Frazier, Kendrick

 
9781633889705: Encounters With the Paranormal: Best of Skeptical Inquirer

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Do polygraph tests really detect lies? Can memories be implanted? Is subliminal perception a reality? What is the relationship between science and belief?Experts in the fields of physical/biological science, psychology, philosophy, social science, and forensic science bring their perspectives to controversies that affect the way we think and how we perceive reality and the natural world. From science's influence on beauty to antiscience in our universities and from UFO mythologies to near-death experiences, this volume spans the gamut of pseudoscience today.Contributors include James Alcock, Susan Blackmore, Alan Cromer, Mandy Fowler, Christopher C. French, Martin Gardner, Thomas Gilovich, Theodore Goertzel, Paul R. Gross, Peter Huston, Ray Hyman, Noretta Koertge, Paul Kurtz, Dan Larhammar, Leon M. Lederman, James Lett, Norman Levitt, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Elizabeth Loftus, Lee Loevinger, Katy McCarthy, Joe Nickell, Bernard Oritz de Montellano, Debbie Peers, Anthony Pratkanis, Carl Sagan, Kenneth Savitsky, Glenn Seaborg, Elie Shneour, Matthew Smith, Victor Stenger, Jeffrey F. Victor, Jeff Wiseman, and Richard Wiseman.

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Kendrick Frazier was the longtime editor of Skeptical Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason, and a leading voice in the modern skeptical movement to uphold the values of scientific inquiry and critical thinking. He is the author or editor of then books. Formerly, Frazier was editor of Science News, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Geophysical Union.He is a recipient of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s “In Praise of Reason” Award.

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9781573922036: Encounters With the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief

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ISBN 10:  157392203X ISBN 13:  9781573922036
Casa editrice: Prometheus Books, 1998
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