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Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction : Where Real Science Ends ... and Pseudoscience Begins.

""Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction"" carefully destructs five examples of pseudoscience--UFOs, out-of-body experiences, astrology, creationism, and ESP-- and gives easy recipes to test other dubious notions so that the reader can ascertain what lies in the realm of real scien...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wynn, Charles M.
Otros Autores: Wiggins, Arthur W., Harris, Sidney
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; About the Authors; Prologue; 1. The Road to Reality: Scientific Method; 2. Scientific Reasoning in Action; 3. The Road to Reality versus the Road to Illusion; 4. UFOs and the Extraterrestrial Life Hypothesis; 5. Out-​of-​Body Experiences and Entities; 6. The Astrology Hypothesis; 7. The Creationism Hypothesis; 8. Normal Sensory Perception, Extrasensory Perception, and Psychokinesis; 9. Alternatives to Medicine; 10. Reflections on the Scientific Approach to Reality; Epilogue; Glossary 
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