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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35558945 Title: Yes, we have no neutrons : an eye-opening tour through the twists and turns of bad science Author: A K Dewdney Publisher: New York : Wiley, ©1997. ISBN/ISSN: 0471108065 9780471108061 9780471295860 0471295868 OCLC:35558945

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Yes, we have no neutrons : an eye-opening tour through the twists and turns of bad science

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Yes, we have no neutrons : an eye-opening tour through the twists and turns of bad science

Author:	A K Dewdney
Publisher:	New York : Wiley, ©1997.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	In this entertaining expose of science gone awry, the author of "200% of Nothing" tells the stories of eight notorious cases of "bad science"--Research projects that turned out to be bogus, either because of faulty methodology or faulty interpretations of results.
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Subjects	Errors, Scientific -- Popular works. Science -- history. Errors, Scientific. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Popular works Nonfiction
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Dewdney, A.K. Yes, we have no neutrons. New York : Wiley, ©1997 (OCoLC)607052895 Online version: Dewdney, A.K. Yes, we have no neutrons. New York : Wiley, ©1997 (OCoLC)630879688
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
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ISBN:	0471108065 9780471108061 9780471295860 0471295868
OCLC Number:	35558945
Description:	180 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:	Introduction: Of neutrons, sorcerers, and apprentices -- The century begins: the rays that never were -- Mind numbers: the curious theory of the intelligence quotient -- Dreaming up theories: the unconscious con of Sigmund Freud -- Surfing the cosmos: the search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- The apprentice builds a brain: misled by metaphors -- Genie in a jar: the "discovery" of cold fusion -- Biosphere 2 springs a leak -- For whom the bell curves: the racial theories of J. Phillipe Rushton.
Responsibility:	A.K. Dewdney.
More information:	Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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