Pseudoscience
€29.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781523524259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen |
| Publisher | Workman Publishing |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.648 |
| Publishing Date | 13/03/2025 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €28.21 |
| Tax | €1.69 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €29.90 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
From the authors of Quackery, a visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.
From the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, to straight-up hucksterism, Pseudoscience is a romp through much more than bad science—it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Big Foot, astrology, and the existence of aliens. Did you know, for example, that you can tell a person’s future by touching their butt? Rumpology. It’s a thing, but not really. Or that Stanley Kubrick made a fake moon landing film for the US government? Except he didn’t. Or that spontaneous human combustion is real? It ain’t, but it can be explained scientifically.
Pseudoscience is a wild mix of history, pop culture, and good old fashioned science–that not just entertains, but sheds a little light on why we all love to believe in things we know aren't true.