Why people believe weird things : (Record no. 4659)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2002068784
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International Standard Book Number 0805070893 (pbk.)
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International Standard Book Number 9780805070897 (pbk.)
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number Q172.5 P77
Item number S48 2002
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 133
Edition number 21
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Classification number 11.05
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Shermer, Michael.
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Authority record control number (local)28885
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Why people believe weird things :
Remainder of title pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time /
Statement of responsibility, etc Michael Shermer ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement Rev. and expanded.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc A.W.H. Freeman/Owl Book,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2002.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxvi, 349 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "First Owl Books edition"--T.p. verso.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-332) and index.
505 20 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Miscellaneous information Foreword.
Title The positive power of skepticism /
Statement of responsibility Stephen Jay Gould --
Miscellaneous information Introduction.
Title Magical mystery tour: The whys and wherefores of weird things --
Miscellaneous information Prologue.
Title Next on Oprah --
Miscellaneous information Part 1.
Title Science and skepticism ; I am therefore I think: a skeptic's manifesto ; The most precious thing we have: the difference between science and pseudoscience ; How thinking goes wrong: twenty-five fallacies that lead us to believe weird things --
Miscellaneous information Part 2.
Title Pseudoscience and superstition ; Deviations: the normal, the paranormal, and Edgar Cayce ; Through the invisible: near-death experiences and the quest for immortality ; Abducted: encounters with aliens ; Epidemics of accusations: medieval and modern witch crazes ; The unlikeliest cult: Ayn Rand, objectivism, and the cult of personality --
Miscellaneous information Part 3.
Title Evolution and creationism ; In the beginning: an evening with Duane T. Gish ; Confronting creationists: twenty-five creationist arguments, twenty-five evolutionist answers ; Science defended, science defined: evolution and creationism at the Supreme Court --
Miscellaneous information Part 4.
Title History and Pseudohistory ; Doing Donahue: history, censorships, and free speech ; Who says the Holocaust never happened, and why do they say it?: an overview of a movement ; How we know the Holocaust happened: debunking the deniers ; Pigeonholes and continuums: an African-Greek-German-American looks at race --
Miscellaneous information Part 5.
Title Hope springs eternal ; Dr. Tipler meets Dr. Pangloss: can science find the best of all possible worlds? ; Why do people believe weird things? ; Why smart people believe weird things.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Pseudoscience.
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Authority record control number (local)63259
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Creative ability in science.
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Authority record control number (local)63260
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