01 February 2000
£16.99
BC Paperback
137x203 mm
9780486203942
9780486203942
384 pages
Dover Publications Inc
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Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
by
Martin Gardner
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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