Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262537044 ISBN 13: 9780262537049

Publisher: MIT Press, 2019

Synopsis

Case studies, personal accounts, and analysis show how to recognize and combat pseudoscience in a post-truth world.

About this title

About the Author:

Allison B. Kaufman is Research Scientist in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut, where she is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology.

James C. Kaufman is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education.

Dean Keith Simonton, an expert on creativity and genius, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Origins of Genius, Creativity in Science, Genius 101, and other books.

Review:

[Kaufman and Kaufman] have done a masterful job of curating a series of essays on science and pseudoscience....This comprehensive work can not be praised enough. Highly recommended.

―Choice

...an invaluable volume that examines the cognitive biases that lead to pseudoscience, the history of pseudoscience, the reasons for its wide acceptance, how it is endangering our society, how to recognize it, and how we might reduce its impact....a tour-de-force, a compendium of vital information about science....The book is an excellent antidote to fake news and a handy reference.

―Science-Based Medicine

About this edition

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0262537044
• ISBN 13: 9780262537049
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 536
• Editor: Kaufman Allison B., Kaufman James C.