Yes, we have no neutrons : an eye-opening tour through the twists and turns of bad science
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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180 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780471108061, 9780471295860, 0471108065, 0471295868
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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