02676nam 2200637Ia 450 991078249980332120230124182804.00-19-028663-61-280-53527-X97866105352790-19-803272-2(CKB)1000000000554907(EBL)431266(OCoLC)320903467(SSID)ssj0000113942(PQKBManifestationID)11131446(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113942(PQKBWorkID)10101651(PQKB)10503011(MiAaPQ)EBC431266(Au-PeEL)EBL431266(CaPaEBR)ebr10269197(CaONFJC)MIL53527(EXLCZ)99100000000055490720000809d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe borderlands of science[electronic resource] where sense meets nonsense /Michael ShermerOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (369 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-515798-2 0-19-514326-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-352) and index.Contents; Introduction: Blurry Lines and Fuzzy Sets: The Boundary Detection Problem in the Borderlands of Science; Part I: Borderlands Theories; Part II: Borderlands People; Part III: Borderlands History; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; IndexAs author of the bestselling Why People Believe Weird Things and How We Believe, and Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic magazine, Michael Shermer has emerged as the nation's number one scourge of superstition and bad science. Now, in The Borderlands of Science, he takes us to the place where real science (such as the big bang theory), borderland science (superstring theory), and just plain nonsense (Big Foot) collide with one another. Shermer argues that science is the best lens through which to view the world, but he recognizes that it's often difficult for most of us to tell where valid science leavScienceMiscellaneaBelief and doubtParapsychology and scienceSkepticismScienceBelief and doubt.Parapsychology and science.Skepticism.500Shermer Michael602530MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782499803321The borderlands of science3773081UNINA