Why People Believe Weird Things
pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time
by Michael Shermer & Stephen Jay Gould
- First published:
- 20th century
- Language: English
On the opening page of his splendid little book To Know a Fly, biologist Vincent Dethier makes this humorous observation about how children grow up to be scientists: "Although small children have taboos against stepping on ants because such actions are said to bring on rain, there has never seemed to be a taboo against pulling off the legs or wings of flies.
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Occultism and esotericism and Parapsychology and psychical research.
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Editions
Open Library reports 9 editions; 2 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Library record | 2007 | Souvenir Press Limited | English |
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Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time Open Library record | September 19, 1998 | W.H. Freeman & Company | English |
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Subjects
- Parapsychology
- Miscellanea
- Parapsychologie
- Science
- New York Times reviewed
- Grenzwissenschaften
- Ésotérisme
- Skepticism
- pseudoscience
- Naturwissenschaften
- Surnaturel
- Parapsychology and science
- Belief and doubt
- Zweifel
- Parasciences
- Pseudowissenschaft
- Science - Miscellanea
- Truthfulness and falsehood
- Skepsis
- Creative ability in science
- Pseudowetenschap
- Bijgeloof
- Gewissheit
- Ciência (aspectos ambientais)
- Irrationalismus
- Scepticisme
- Superstição (aspectos psicológicos)
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Cataloging notes
- Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Open Library reports 9 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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- openlibrary-work:OL26531946W
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