The Hundredth monkey : and other paradigms of the paranormal

著者

• Frazier, Kendrick

書誌事項

The Hundredth monkey : and other paradigms of the paranormal

edited by Kendrick Frazier

Prometheus Books, 1991

注記

Forty-three essays from the Skeptical inquirer magazine by Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Martin Gardner, Susan Blackmore and others

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Hundredth Monkey takes its title from philosopher Ron Amundson's expose of the "Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon," a claim about collective consciousness. Forty-three essays by thirty-nine authors, including Isaac Asmov, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan, Ray Hyman, Paul Kurtz, and James Randi, examine aspects of paranormal and fringe-science beliefs from an authoritative, scientific point of view. The penetrating and entertaining essays, many with timely postscripts, are grouped into nine categories: - Understanding Human Need - Examining Popular Claims - Encouraging Critical Thinking - Medical Controversies - Evaluating the Anomalous Experience - Astrology - Considering Parapsychology - Crashed Saucer Claims - Controversies Within Science Scientists and scholars discuss the burden of skepticism and the delicate balance between a creative openness to new ideas and the relentless scrutiny of new claims. A classic source book for scientifically responsible explanations of controversies, hoaxes, bizarre mysteries, and popular cultural myths.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA18557809
• ISBN:
  • 0879756551
• LCCN: 90027044
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Buffalo, N.Y.
• ページ数/冊数: xiv, 400 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BF1045.S33
  • DC20 : 133
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Parapsychology and science
  • LCSH : Occultism and science