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Science and Pseudoscience : A Conversation with Michael Gordin.

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Michael Gordin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University. This thought-provoking, extensive conversation examines the strange case of Immanuel Velikovsky, author of the bestselling...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burton, Howard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Toronto] : Open Agenda Publishing, [2020]
Colección:Ideas Roadshow conversations.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • A Note on the Text
  • Introduction
  • The Conversation
  • I. A Counterculture Hero
  • II. An Ideal Case
  • III. The Lysenko Lesson
  • IV. A Freudian Cosmology
  • V. Enter Einstein
  • VI. Responses and Reactions
  • VII. Digging In
  • VIII. Science vs. Pseudoscience
  • IX. Fringe Benefits
  • X. Learning From History
  • XI. Anthropic Digression
  • XII. Better Science?
  • Continuing the Conversation