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- catalog abstract ""In these essays, many of which originally appeared in The Skeptical Inquirer, Scientific American, and the Los Angeles Times, Gardner spans the realms of science and mathematics, literature, philosophy, religion, and mysticism. He examines influential scientific concepts, such as the possibility of multiple universes and the theory that time can go backward.cation and Primal Scream Therapy and the dubious magic of Uri Geller, who claimed to bend spoons with his mind. With a keen skepticism he skewers the practitioners of fallacious pseudoscience, from Dr. Bruno Bettelheim's erroneous theory of autism to the cruel farces of Facilitated Communication and Primal Scream Therapy and the dubious magic of Uri Geller, who claimed to bend spoons with his mind. With sympathy and a wide-ranging intelligence, Gardner analyzes the bizarre tangents produced by Freudians and deconstructionists in their critiques of the "Little Red Riding Hood" fairy tale. Offering several literary appreciations of his own, Gardner lovingly recalls the Tin Woodman from The Wizard of Oz and Chesterton's classic. The Man Who Was Thursday, and he introduces readers to Ian Stewart's popular mathematical fable Flatterworld and to the neglected mysteries of British suspense writer Edgar Wallace." "Gardner's essays are a testament to his invaluable contributions to our understanding of legitimate scientific inquiry of the past century."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12861149.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""In these essays, many of which originally appeared in The Skeptical Inquirer, Scientific American, and the Los Angeles Times, Gardner spans the realms of science and mathematics, literature, philosophy, religion, and mysticism. He examines influential scientific concepts, such as the possibility of multiple universes and the theory that time can go backward.cation and Primal Scream Therapy and the dubious magic of Uri Geller, who claimed to bend spoons with his mind.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Science. Multiverses and blackberries -- Skeptical look at Karl Popper -- Rudolf Carnap, philosopher of science -- Some thoughts about induction -- Can time go backward? -- Mathematics. Against the odds (a story) -- Fun with Möbius bands -- Is mathematics "out there"? -- Ian Stewart's Flatterland -- Kurt Gödel's amazing discovery -- New results on magic hexagrams -- Religion. Strange case of Garry Wills -- Mad messiahs -- Oahspe -- Vagueness of Krishnamurti -- Literature. Chesterton's The man who was Thursday -- Ernest Hemingway and Jane -- Three parodies of famous poems -- Edgar Wallace and The green archer -- Afterword to The green archer -- Tin woodman of Oz -- Moonshine. Little red riding hood -- Brutality of Dr. Bettelheim -- Facilitated communication : a cruel farce -- Distant healing and Elisabeth Targ -- Therapeutic touch -- Primal scream therapy -- Eyeless vision -- Magic and Psi -- How Mrs. Piper bamboozled William James -- "Dr." Henry Slade, American medium.".
- catalog description "The Man Who Was Thursday, and he introduces readers to Ian Stewart's popular mathematical fable Flatterworld and to the neglected mysteries of British suspense writer Edgar Wallace." "Gardner's essays are a testament to his invaluable contributions to our understanding of legitimate scientific inquiry of the past century."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "With a keen skepticism he skewers the practitioners of fallacious pseudoscience, from Dr. Bruno Bettelheim's erroneous theory of autism to the cruel farces of Facilitated Communication and Primal Scream Therapy and the dubious magic of Uri Geller, who claimed to bend spoons with his mind. With sympathy and a wide-ranging intelligence, Gardner analyzes the bizarre tangents produced by Freudians and deconstructionists in their critiques of the "Little Red Riding Hood" fairy tale. Offering several literary appreciations of his own, Gardner lovingly recalls the Tin Woodman from The Wizard of Oz and Chesterton's classic.".
- catalog extent "xi, 288 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0393057429 (hardcover)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
- catalog subject "510 21".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Miscellanea.".
- catalog subject "Pseudoscience.".
- catalog subject "QA99 .G37 2003".
- catalog subject "Science Miscellanea.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Science. Multiverses and blackberries -- Skeptical look at Karl Popper -- Rudolf Carnap, philosopher of science -- Some thoughts about induction -- Can time go backward? -- Mathematics. Against the odds (a story) -- Fun with Möbius bands -- Is mathematics "out there"? -- Ian Stewart's Flatterland -- Kurt Gödel's amazing discovery -- New results on magic hexagrams -- Religion. Strange case of Garry Wills -- Mad messiahs -- Oahspe -- Vagueness of Krishnamurti -- Literature. Chesterton's The man who was Thursday -- Ernest Hemingway and Jane -- Three parodies of famous poems -- Edgar Wallace and The green archer -- Afterword to The green archer -- Tin woodman of Oz -- Moonshine. Little red riding hood -- Brutality of Dr. Bettelheim -- Facilitated communication : a cruel farce -- Distant healing and Elisabeth Targ -- Therapeutic touch -- Primal scream therapy -- Eyeless vision -- Magic and Psi -- How Mrs. Piper bamboozled William James -- "Dr." Henry Slade, American medium.".
- catalog title "Are universes thicker than blackberries? : discourses on Gödel, magic hexagrams, Little Red Riding Hood, and other mathematical and pseudoscientific topics / by Martin Gardner.".
- catalog type "Miscellanea. fast".
- catalog type "text".