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NONSENSE ON STILTS
NONSENSE ON STILTS
Subtitle:
How to Tell Science from Bunk
Book Category:
Fiction > General
Author:
Pigliucci, Massimo
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 10:
226667863
ISBN 13:
9780226667867
Price:
USD 20.00
Publication Year:
2010

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Recent polls suggest that fewer than 40 percent of Americans believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, despite it being one of science's best-established findings. More and more parents are refusing to vaccinate their children for fear it causes autism, though this link can been consistently disproved. And about 40 percent of Americans believe that the threat of global warming is exaggerated, despite near consensus in the scientific community that manmade climate change is real. Why do people believe bunk? And what causes them to embrace such pseudoscientific beliefs and practices? UK Price: 13 GPB

 
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