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Nonsense on stilts : how to tell science from bunk
- Title
- Nonsense on stilts : how to tell science from bunk / Massimo Pigliucci.
- Author
- Pigliucci, Massimo, 1964-
- Publication
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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- Description
- 332 p.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-327) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : science versus pseudoscience and the "demarcation problem" -- Hard science, soft science -- Almost science -- Pseudoscience -- Blame the media? -- Debates on science : the rise of think tanks and the decline of public intellectuals -- Science and politics : the case of global warming -- Science in the courtroom : the case against intelligent design -- From superstition to natural philosophy -- From natural philosophy to modern science -- The science wars I : do we trust science too much? -- The science wars II : do we trust science too little? -- Who's your expert? -- Conclusion : so, what is science after all?
- Call Number
- JSE 12-433
- ISBN
- 9780226667850 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226667867 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0226667855 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226667863 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009049778
- OCLC
- 457149439
- Author
- Pigliucci, Massimo, 1964-
- Title
- Nonsense on stilts : how to tell science from bunk / Massimo Pigliucci.
- Imprint
- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-327) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JSE 12-433