Michael Shermer
Science Friction
Where the Known Meets the Unknown
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Bestselling author Michael Shermer delves into the unknown, from heretical ideas about the boundaries of the universe to Star Trek's lessons about chance and timeA scientist pretends to be a psychic for a day-and fools everyone. An athlete discovers that good-luck rituals and getting into the zone may, or may not, improve his performance. A historian decides to analyze the data to see who was truly responsible for the Bounty mutiny. A son explores the possiblities of alternative and experimental medicine for his cancer-ravaged mother. And a skeptic realizes that it is time to turn the skeptical lens onto science itself. In each of the fourtee…
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Bestselling author Michael Shermer delves into the unknown, from heretical ideas about the boundaries of the universe to Star Trek's lessons about chance and timeA scientist pretends to be a psychic for a day-and fools everyone. An athlete discovers that good-luck rituals and getting into the zone may, or may not, improve his performance. A historian decides to analyze the data to see who was truly responsible for the Bounty mutiny. A son explores the possiblities of alternative and experimental medicine for his cancer-ravaged mother. And a skeptic realizes that it is time to turn the skeptical lens onto science itself. In each of the fourteen essays in Science Friction, psychologist and science historian Michael Shermer explores the very personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown. What do we know and what do we not know? How does science respond to controversy, attack, and uncertainty? When does theory become accepted fact? As always, Shermer delivers a thought-provoking, fascinating, and entertaining view of life in the scientific age.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4299-0088-1
- EAN: 9781429900881
- Produktnummer: 22463055
- Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'548 KB
- Auflage: First Edition
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