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  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
  • Edition: BC Paperback
  • Publication: 01 February 2000
  • ISBN 13/EAN: 9780486203942
  • Stock: 17 in stock
  • Size: 137x203 mm
  • Illustrations: 0
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: £16.99
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Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science

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by Martin Gardner

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Book Description
This fair and witty appraisal examines some of the crazes and quackeries that have masqueraded as science. Discussions include hollow earth theories; Charles Fort and the Fortean Society; Wilhelm Reich and orgone sex energy; dianetics; flying saucers; food and medical fads; much more. "A very able and even-tempered presentation." — The New Yorker.
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