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Debunked!, ESP, telekinesis, and other pseudoscience, Georges Charpak and Henri Broch ; translated by Bart K. Holland

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Debunked!, ESP, telekinesis, and other pseudoscience, Georges Charpak and Henri Broch ; translated by Bart K. Holland

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Debunked!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52621361

Responsibility statement

Georges Charpak and Henri Broch ; translated by Bart K. Holland

Sub title

ESP, telekinesis, and other pseudoscience

Summary

During the most scientifically advanced period in human history, belief in the paranormal and the supernatural is alarmingly common. Nobel Prize winner Georges Charpak and physics professor Henri Broch team up to show you the tricks of the trade and sleight of hand that keep astrologers, TV psychics, and spoon benders in business. Using only the simplest of science, the authors explore the effectiveness of horoscopes--the blander the better--and why, with a television audience in the millions, any strange, unlikely prediction is almost certain to come true. Not merely an exposé of magic tricks, this book demonstrates how pseudoscientists use science, statistics, and psychology to bamboozle an audience--sometimes for fun, sometimes for profit. Entertaining and enlightening, Debunked! is the antidote, vigorously asserting the virtues of doubt, skepticism, curiosity, and scientific knowledge.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

The first steps in the initiation -- Amazing coincidences -- Let's play detective -- The right to dreams and clarity -- A new millennium dawn

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