Voodoo Science
The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
Published on 15. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-19-514710-0 (ISBN)
Description
While remaining highly humorous, this account leads readers down the back alleys of fringe science, through the corridors of Washington power, and even into our evolutionary past to spot the fraudulent science to be found everywhere.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
347 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-514710-0 (9780195147100)
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Person
Robert L. Park is Professor of Physics and former chairman of the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland. He also directs the Washington Office of the American Physical Society. He is a prolific writer of op-eds for The New York Times and other papers, and a regular contributor of science features for The Washington Post. He also posts a provocative and popular weekly electronic column on science issues at http: //www.opa.org/WN/. He lives in Adelphi, Maryland.