Book ID: CBB001020049

Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (2010)

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Pigliucci, Massimo (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: 332 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Explores the intersection of science and culture by trying to explain how science differs from nonsense.


Citation URI
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