Hundredth Monkey (eBook)

Best of Skeptical Inquirer

Kendrick Frazier (Herausgeber)

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2023
414 Seiten
Prometheus (Verlag)
978-1-63388-967-5 (ISBN)

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The Hundredth Monkey takes its title from philosopher Ron Amundsons expose of the Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon, a claim about collective consciousness. Forty-three essays by thirty-nine authors, including Isaac Asimov, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan, Ray Hyman, Paul Kurtz, and James Randi, examine aspects of paranormal and fringe-science beliefs from an authoritative, scientific point of view. The penetrating and entertaining essays, many with timely postscripts, are grouped into nine categories:- Understanding Human Need - Examining Popular Claims- Encouraging Critical Thinking - Medical Controversies- Evaluating the Anomalous Experience - Astrology- Considering Parapsychology - Crashed Saucer Claims- Controversies Within ScienceScientists and scholars discuss the burden of skepticism and the delicate balance between a creative openness to new ideas and the relentless scrutiny of new claims. A classic source book for scientifically responsible explanations of controversies, hoaxes, bizarre mysteries, and popular cultural myths.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 40 Illustrations including: - 22 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 10 Tables; - 8 Text Boxes.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Astrology • carl sagan • Crahed-saucer • Crashed Saucer claims • critical thinking • Debunking astrology • Debunking the paranormal • Debunking UFOs • Fringe Science • Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon • ISAAC ASIMOV • Kendrick Frazier • Medical controversies • Paranormal • Paranormal Borderlands of Science • Paranormal Studies • Parapsychology • Paul Kurtz • pop science • Pseudomedicine • Pseudoscience • Psychology • Science and Philosophy • Science and popular belief • Science Confronts the Paranormal • Science Journalism • scientific inquiry • Scientific research • scientific skepticism • Shadows of Science • Skeptical Inquirer • Skeptical Inquirer magazine • skepticism • The Hundredth Monkey • UFOs
• ISBN-10: 1-63388-967-X / 163388967X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63388-967-5 / 9781633889675