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- catalog abstract "Praise for A.K. Dewdney's previous book, 2000f Nothing "An entertaining, stinging expos." In today's world, 'innumeracy' is an even greater danger than illiteracy, and is perhaps even more common. I hope that this wise and witty book will provide cures where they are possible, and warnings where they are necessary. In this entertaining expose of science gone awry, the author of "200% of Nothing" tells the stories of eight notorious cases of "bad science"--Research projects that turned out to be bogus, either because of faulty methodology or faulty interpretations of results.".
- catalog contributor b10255397.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Century begins: Rays that never were -- Mind numbers: Curious theory of the intelligence quotient -- Dreaming up theories: Unconscious con of Sigmund Freud -- Surfing the cosmos: Search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- Apprentice builds a brain: Misled by metaphors -- Genie in a jar: "discovery" of cold fusion -- Biosphere 2 springs a leak -- For whom the bell curves: Racial theories of J. Phillipe Rushton -- Further reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-169) and index.".
- catalog description "Praise for A.K. Dewdney's previous book, 2000f Nothing "An entertaining, stinging expos." In today's world, 'innumeracy' is an even greater danger than illiteracy, and is perhaps even more common. I hope that this wise and witty book will provide cures where they are possible, and warnings where they are necessary. In this entertaining expose of science gone awry, the author of "200% of Nothing" tells the stories of eight notorious cases of "bad science"--Research projects that turned out to be bogus, either because of faulty methodology or faulty interpretations of results.".
- catalog extent "180 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Yes, we have no neutrons.".
- catalog identifier "0471108065 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Yes, we have no neutrons.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Yes, we have no neutrons.".
- catalog subject "500 20".
- catalog subject "Errors, Scientific Popular works.".
- catalog subject "Q172.5.E77 B48 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Century begins: Rays that never were -- Mind numbers: Curious theory of the intelligence quotient -- Dreaming up theories: Unconscious con of Sigmund Freud -- Surfing the cosmos: Search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- Apprentice builds a brain: Misled by metaphors -- Genie in a jar: "discovery" of cold fusion -- Biosphere 2 springs a leak -- For whom the bell curves: Racial theories of J. Phillipe Rushton -- Further reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index.".
- catalog title "Yes, we have no neutrons : an eye-opening tour through the twists and turns of bad science / A.K. Dewdney.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".