Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction : Where Real Science Ends ... and Pseudoscience Begins.

Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction : Where Real Science Ends ... and Pseudoscience Begins.

""Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction"" carefully destructs five examples of pseudoscience--UFOs, out-of-body experiences, astrology, creationism, and ESP-- and gives easy recipes to test other dubious notions so that the reader can ascertain what lies in the realm of real scien...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wynn, Charles M.
Other Authors: Wiggins, Arthur W., Harris, Sidney
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Pseudoscience > Popular works.
Science > Methodology > Popular works.
Pseudoscience
Science > Methodology
Popular works
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; About the Authors; Prologue; 1. The Road to Reality: Scientific Method; 2. Scientific Reasoning in Action; 3. The Road to Reality versus the Road to Illusion; 4. UFOs and the Extraterrestrial Life Hypothesis; 5. Out-​of-​Body Experiences and Entities; 6. The Astrology Hypothesis; 7. The Creationism Hypothesis; 8. Normal Sensory Perception, Extrasensory Perception, and Psychokinesis; 9. Alternatives to Medicine; 10. Reflections on the Scientific Approach to Reality; Epilogue; Glossary
  • Additional ReadingWebsites; Educational Modules; Index.

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