| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; About the Authors; Prologue; 1. The Road to Reality: Scientific Method; 2. Scientific Reasoning in Action; 3. The Road to Reality versus the Road to Illusion; 4. UFOs and the Extraterrestrial Life Hypothesis; 5. Out-of-Body Experiences and Entities; 6. The Astrology Hypothesis; 7. The Creationism Hypothesis; 8. Normal Sensory Perception, Extrasensory Perception, and Psychokinesis; 9. Alternatives to Medicine; 10. Reflections on the Scientific Approach to Reality; Epilogue; Glossary |
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Additional ReadingWebsites; Educational Modules; Index |
| Summary |
""Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction"" carefully destructs five examples of pseudoscience--UFOs, out-of-body experiences, astrology, creationism, and ESP-- and gives easy recipes to test other dubious notions so that the reader can ascertain what lies in the realm of real science and what more properly deserves the tag of pseudoscience |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pseudoscience -- Popular works
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Science -- Methodology -- Popular works
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Pseudoscience
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Science -- Methodology
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wiggins, Arthur W
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Harris, Sidney
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| ISBN |
9780190620301 |
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0190620307 |
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