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The Borderlands of Science Where Sense Meets Nonsense
by Shermer, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0195143264
- ISBN 13
- 9780195143263
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0195143264 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 6.25 X 1 X 9.25 inches; 360 pages; "Many people have difficulty figuring out the difference between science, borderline science, and just plain nonsense. When is a theory a fact, and when is it just conjecture? Michael Shermer, a leading science author and skeptic, divides knowledge into three classes: science, based on factual evidence; borderline science, based on scientific conjecture; and nonsense, where anything goes (e.g., Bigfoot). He is especially zealous about separating science from borderline science; borderline science includes many modern grand explanatory hypotheses, such as superstring theory. Nonetheless, most attempts to create a Theory of Everything result in nonsense. Shermer explores the work of Darwin, Freud, and Carl Sagan, as well as the shameful episode of the Piltdown Man." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21095
- Title
- The Borderlands of Science Where Sense Meets Nonsense
- Author
- Shermer, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0195143264
- ISBN 13
- 9780195143263
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- 0195143264, pseudoscience
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIENCE;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
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