The Borderlands of Science
Where Sense Meets Nonsense
Published on 13. February 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-19-515798-7 (ISBN)
Description
In The Borderlands of Science Michael Shermer 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. An excursion through the borderlands of science, history, and historical biography, enlivened by the many interesting stories and insights involving many of history's most famous scientists.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition ...a delightful antidote to the current proliferations of media-hyped pseudoscience. * Sunday Times * splendidly entertaining * The Guardian *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous halftones and figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
565 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-515798-7 (9780195157987)
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E-Book
12/2001
1st Edition
Oxford University Press
€20.99
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Person
Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic magazine (www.skeptic.com) and the Director of The Skeptics Society. He is a Visiting Associate at the California Institute of Technology, and hosts the Skeptics Lecture Series at Cal Tech. He has authored several popular books on science, scientific history, and the philosophy and history of science, including Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time, How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science, and Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? (with Alex Grobman). He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Content
PART I: BORDERLANDS THEORIES ; PART II: BORDERLANDS PEOPLE ; PART III: BORDERLANDS HISTORY