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100	1		_aShermer, Michael. _926390 _0(local)28885
245	1	0	_aWhy people believe weird things : _bpseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time / _cMichael Shermer ; foreword by Stephen Jay Gould.
250			_aRev. and expanded.
260			_aNew York : _bA.W.H. Freeman/Owl Book, _c2002.
300			_axxvi, 349 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_a"First Owl Books edition"--T.p. verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-332) and index.
505	2	0	_gForeword. _tThe positive power of skepticism / _rStephen Jay Gould -- _gIntroduction. _tMagical mystery tour: The whys and wherefores of weird things -- _gPrologue. _tNext on Oprah -- _gPart 1. _tScience 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 -- _gPart 2. _tPseudoscience 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 -- _gPart 3. _tEvolution 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 -- _gPart 4. _tHistory 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 -- _gPart 5. _tHope 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	_aPseudoscience. _926391 _0(local)63259
650		0	_aCreative ability in science. _926392 _0(local)63260
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol051/2002068784.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol021/2002068784.html
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