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Princeton University Press 2010 Trade paperback New Argues that superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture. This title asks why people persist in superstitious convictions long after science has shown them to be ill-founded. It examines the controversies and concludes that science is the only way we have of understanding the world. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. 2010. 1st Edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.

ISBN10: 0691145970, ISBN13: 9780691145976, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Why the battle between superstition and science is far from overFrom uttering a prayer before boarding a plane, to exploring past lives through hypnosis, has superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture Robert Park, the best-selling author of Voodoo Science, argues that it has. In Superstition, Park asks why people persist in superstitious convictions long after science has shown them to be ill-founded. He takes on supernatural beliefs from religion and the afterlife to New Age spiritualism and faith-based medical claims. He examines recent controversies and concludes that science is the only way we have of understanding the world.Park sides with the forces of reason in a world of continuing and, he fears, increasing superstition. Chapter by chapter, he explains how people too easily mistake pseudoscience for science. He discusses parapsychology, homeopathy, and acupuncture; he questions the existence of souls, the foundations of intelligent design, and the power of prayer; he asks for evidence of reincarnation and astral projections; and he challenges the idea of heaven. Throughout, he demonstrates how people's blind faith, and their confidence in suspect phenomena and remedies, are manipulated for political ends. Park shows that science prevails when people stop fooling themselves.Compelling and ...
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Princeton Princeton University Press 2010 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white.

ISBN10: 0691145970, ISBN13: 9780691145976, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.85
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