
Science Under Siege
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- "A Skeptical Look at September 11th," which prompted a drove of responses (many angry) and was selected by Richard Dawkins for the Best Science and Nature Writing of 2003.
- Carl Sagan's final question-and-answer piece on the topic of science and skeptical inquiry.
- Ann Druyan's beautifully expressed "Science, Religion, Wonder, and Awe."
- NASA scientist Stuart Jordan's excellent appraisal of the scientific evidence for global warming, which prompted much critical response and led to another follow-up article.
- Perspectives by Judge John E. Jones III, Barbara Forrest, David Morrison, Massimo Pigliucci, and Charles Sullivan and Cameron McPherson Smith on the evolution vs. intelligent design controversy.
- Articles by physicians Steven Novella and Richard G. Judelsohn that strongly defend the value of vaccinations and critique the anti-vaccination movement.
Additional distinguished contributors include Mario Bunge, Martin Gardner, Paul Kurtz, Chris Mooney, Steven Pinker, Ray Hyman, Joe Nickell, and many others.
This collection of stimulating articles exploring science and skeptical inquiry, examining public controversies, and investigating pseudoscientific claims is a must for scientists, educators, skeptics, and everyone concerned about scientific literacy.
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"Science Under Siege is a welcome antidote to the profound science illiteracy that, today, permeates American pop culture and the press." - Neil deGrasse Tyson,astrophysicist and best-selling author "An entertaining and eye-opening collection of essays that advance the battle against ignorance and superstition." - Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and best-selling authorMore details
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- Intro
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- I. SCIENCE AND SKEPTICAL INQUIRY
- Science and the Public: Summing Up Thirty Years of the Skeptical Inquirer
- In Defense of the Higher Values
- Ann Druyan Talks about Science, Religion, Wonder, Awe . . . and Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan's Last Q&A on Science and Skeptical Inquiry Supplemented with Ann Druyan's "The Great Turning Away"
- Can the Sciences Help Us to Make Wise Ethical Judgments?
- Science Wars: Science and the Bush Administration
- Do Extraordinary Claims Really Require Extraordinary Evidence?
- The Fallacy of Misplaced Rationalism
- II. CRITICAL INQUIRY AND PUBLIC CONTROVERSIES
- "We Find That Intelligent Design Is Not Science": Excerpts from the Dover Federal Court Ruling on Intelligent Design
- The "Vise Strategy" Undone: Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District
- Four Common Myths About Evolution
- Only a Theory?: Framing the Evolution/Creation Issue
- Is Intelligent Design Creationism?
- The Memory Wars
- AIDS Denialism vs. Science
- Global Climate Change Triggered by Global Warming
- The Global Warming Debate: Science and Scientists in a Democracy
- A Skeptical Look at September 11th: How We Can Defeat Terrorism by Reacting to It More Rationally
- Strong Response to Terrorism Not Necessarily a Symptom of Fallacious Statistical Reasoning or Human Cognitive Limitations
- The Anti-Vaccination Movement
- Vaccine Safety: Vaccines Are One of Public Health's Great Accomplishments
- Warning: Animal Extremists Are Dangerous to Your Health
- Predator Panic: A Closer Look
- The Case for Decentralized Generation of Electricity
- III. UNDERSTANDING PSEUDOSCIENCE, INVESTIGATING CLAIMS
- The Philosophy behind Pseudoscience
- The Columbia University "Miracle" Study: Flawed and Fraud Supplemented with: Third Strike for Columbia University Prayer Study: Author Plagiarism
- Anomalous Cognition: A Meeting of the Minds
- Anomalous Cognition? A Second Perspective
- The PEAR Proposition: Fact or Fallacy? Supplemented with: PEAR Lab Closes, Ending Decades of Psychic Research
- Gary Schwartz's Energy Healing Experiments: The Emperor's New Clothes?
- Testing Natasha
- "Dr." Bearden's Vacuum Energy
- Lessons of the "Fake Moon Flight" Myth
- Magnet Therapy: A Billion-dollar Boondoggle
- Oxygen Is Good-Even When It's Not There
- Undercover among the Spirits: Investigating Camp Chesterfield
- How to "Haunt" a House
- The Devious Art of Improvising, Lessons One and Two
- A Patently False Patent Myth-Still!
- CONTRIBUTORS
- REFERENCES
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