Robert L. Park
Autore di Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
Sull'Autore
Robert L. Park is professor of physics at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud.
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Park, Robert Lee
- Data di nascita
- 1931
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 603
- Popolarità
- #41,679
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 13
- ISBN
- 17
- Lingue
- 3
Is there anything it can't do?
Voodoo Science offered an in depth look into the pseudoscience the plagues the National conscious. The book examined some of the more popular aspects of pseudoscience (i.e. perpetual motion machines, homeopathy, Roswell, etc.) and the reasons why such claims are inherently false. Throughout the book a nod is given to the scientific method, as well as a sobering account of why such a method is importance.
Scientists are not cast as infallible, but rather as humble and logical - and not beyond corruption. If they are wrong, they step down, pseudoscience occurs when they do not. The logic of the book was what attracted me, and the patience with which it viewed those who step outside of the scientific bounds. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who is searching for an explanation of why scientists should be respected, and why their work is as important as it is.… (altro)