{"product_id":"9780486131627","title":"Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Although we are amused, we may also be embarrassed to find our friends or even ourselves among the gullible advocates of plausible-sounding doubletalk.\" — \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very able and even-tempered presentation.\" — \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThis witty and engaging book examines the various fads, fallacies, strange cults, and curious panaceas which at one time or another have masqueraded as science. Not just a collection of anecdotes but a fair, reasoned appraisal of eccentric theory, it is unique in recognizing the scientific, philosophic, and sociological-psychological implications of the wave of pseudoscientific theories which periodically besets the world.\u003cbr\u003eTo this second revised edition of a work formerly titled \u003ci\u003eIn the Name of Science\u003c\/i\u003e, Martin Gardner has added new, up-to-date material to an already impressive account of hundreds of systematized vagaries. Here you will find discussions of hollow-earth fanatics like Symmes; Velikovsky and wandering planets; Hörbiger, Bellamy, and the theory of multiple moons; Charles Fort and the Fortean Society; dowsing and the other strange methods for finding water, ores, and oil. Also covered are such topics as naturopathy, iridiagnosis, zone therapy, food fads; Wilhelm Reich and orgone sex energy; L. Ron Hubbard and Dianetics; A. Korzybski and General Semantics. A new examination of Bridey Murphy is included in this edition, along with a new section on bibliographic reference material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119918629104,"sku":"9780486131627","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486131627_p0.jpg?v=1763708124","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486131627","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}