Michael W Friedlander

At The Fringes Of Science (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Michael Friedlander provides an increased understanding of what science is, how it works, and how the nonscientist should deal with science at its fringes, showing how scientists examine the hard cases to determine what is science and what is pseudoscience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429970719
• Artikelnr.: 54172935

Autorenporträt

Michael W Friedlander

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Science and Its Imitators
Oldies but Goodies
Hesitant Revolutions
Successful and Failed
Science and Its Practice
The Machinery of Science
Respectable Maverick Ideas
Walking on Water or Skating on Thin Ice
Tabloid Science
Pscience
Fraud: Yes, No, and Maybe
Political Pseudoscience
Taking Stock
Responding to Fringe Science
Epilogue
1998