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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Authors & Contributors
Gordin, Michael D.
Allchin, Douglas
Bezerra, José Arimatea Barros
Buhs, Joshua Blu
Ciardi, Marco
Davidson, Roei
Journals
Public Understanding of Science
British Journal for the History of Science
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Environment and History
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Berghahn Books
Hoepli
Les Belles Lettres
MIT Press
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Pseudoscience
Public understanding of science
Science and society
Science and culture
Communication of scientific ideas
Food and foods
People
Fort, Charles
Hörbiger, Hanns
Velikovsky, Immanuel
Qidwai, Sarah
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
Medieval
Renaissance
Places
United States
Brazil
Great Britain
Taiwan
Finland
France
Institutions
Virtual HistSTM Community
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