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Quantum leaps in the wrong direction : where real science ends and pseudoscience begins / Charles M. Wynn and Arthur W. Wiggins ; with cartoons by Sidney Harris.

Title
  1. Quantum leaps in the wrong direction : where real science ends and pseudoscience begins / Charles M. Wynn and Arthur W. Wiggins ; with cartoons by Sidney Harris.
Published by
  1. Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2001.
Author
  1. Wynn, Charles M.

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Additional authors
  1. Wiggins, Arthur W.
  2. Harris, Sidney.
Description
  1. x, 226 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
  1. Annotation
Alternative title
  1. Quantum leaps
Subject
  1. Pseudoscience > Popular works
  2. Science > Methodology > Popular works
  3. Science > methods
Genre/Form
  1. Popular works
  2. Popular works.
Contents
  1. The road to reality: scientific method -- Scientific reasoning in action -- The road to reality versus the road to illusion -- UFOs and the extraterrestrial life hypothesis -- Out-of-body experiences and entities -- The astrology hypothesis -- The creationism hypothesis -- Normal sensory perception, extrasensory perception, and psychokinesis -- Reflections on the scientific approach to reality.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214) and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain