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The Resource Fads and fallacies in the name of science, Martin Gardner

Fads and fallacies in the name of science, Martin Gardner

Label
Fads and fallacies in the name of science
Title
Fads and fallacies in the name of science
Statement of responsibility
Martin Gardner
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Member of
Additional physical form
Also issued online.
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1914-2010
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Gardner, Martin
Dewey number
508
Index
index present
LC call number
Q173
LC item number
.G35 1957
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
Q 158
NLM item number
G227i 1957
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Science
  • Science
  • Sciences
  • Science
  • Wetenschap
  • Bedrog
Label
Fads and fallacies in the name of science, Martin Gardner
Instantiates
Publication
Note
"A revised and expanded edition of the work first published in 1952 under the title In the name of science."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
In the name of science -- Flat and hollow -- Monsters of doom -- The Forteans -- Flying saucers -- Zig-zag-and-swirl -- Down with Einstein! -- Sir Isaac Babson -- Dowsing rods and doodlebugs -- Under the microscope -- Geology versus Genesis -- Lysenkoism -- Apologists for hate -- Atlantis and Lemuria -- The Great Pyramid -- Medical cults -- Medical quacks -- Food faddists -- Throw away your glasses! -- Eccentric sexual theories -- Orgonomy -- Dianetics -- General semantics, etc. -- From bumps to handwriting -- ESP and PK -- Bridley Murphy and other matters
Control code
ocm00233892
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
x, 363 pages
Isbn
9780486203942
Lccn
57003844
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 5421
  • (OCoLC)00233892
Label
Fads and fallacies in the name of science, Martin Gardner
Publication
Note
"A revised and expanded edition of the work first published in 1952 under the title In the name of science."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
In the name of science -- Flat and hollow -- Monsters of doom -- The Forteans -- Flying saucers -- Zig-zag-and-swirl -- Down with Einstein! -- Sir Isaac Babson -- Dowsing rods and doodlebugs -- Under the microscope -- Geology versus Genesis -- Lysenkoism -- Apologists for hate -- Atlantis and Lemuria -- The Great Pyramid -- Medical cults -- Medical quacks -- Food faddists -- Throw away your glasses! -- Eccentric sexual theories -- Orgonomy -- Dianetics -- General semantics, etc. -- From bumps to handwriting -- ESP and PK -- Bridley Murphy and other matters
Control code
ocm00233892
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
x, 363 pages
Isbn
9780486203942
Lccn
57003844
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 5421
  • (OCoLC)00233892

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