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Science Friction: Where the Known Meets Unknown

Current price: $23.99
Science Friction: Where the Known Meets Unknown
Science Friction: Where the Known Meets Unknown

Barnes and Noble

Science Friction: Where the Known Meets Unknown

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A scientist pretends to be a psychic for a day—and fools everyone. An athlete discovers that good-luck rituals and getting into "the zone" may, or may not, improve his performance. A son explores the possiblities of alternative and experimental medicine for his cancer-ravaged mother. And a skeptic realizes that it is time to turn the skeptical lens onto science itself. In each of the fourteen essays in , bestselling author Michael Shermer explores the very personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown. What do we know and what do we not know? How does science respond to controversy, attack, and uncertainty? When does theory become accepted fact? As always, Shermer delivers a thought-provoking, fascinating, and entertaining view of life in the scientific age. "Meaty accounts [and] entertaining discussion . . . well worth having." — "[Shermer's] main obsession is the truth . . . Amateur skeptics will learn from his matter-of-fact dismissals of astrology and creationism." — "Extremely entertaining." —

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