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Author: Sergio Della Sala
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Published: 1999-06-02
Total Pages: 322
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMind Myths shows that science can be entertaining and creative. Addressing various topics, this book counterbalances information derived from the media with a 'scientific view'. It contains contributions from experts around the world.
Author: David G. Myers
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0300095317
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA professor of psychology presents an engaging and accessible book that shows that, while intuition can provide useful and often amazing insights, it can also be dangerously misleading. Drawing on recent research, Myers discusses the powers and perils of intuition.
Author: Michael Shermer
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Published: 2002-09-01
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 1429996765
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science." --Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies in print, Why People Believe Weird Things debunks these nonsensical claims and explores the very human reasons people find otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories, and cults so appealing. In an entirely new chapter, "Why Smart People Believe in Weird Things," Michael Shermer takes on science luminaries like physicist Frank Tippler and others, who hide their spiritual beliefs behind the trappings of science. Shermer, science historian and true crusader, also reveals the more dangerous side of such illogical thinking, including Holocaust denial, the recovered-memory movement, the satanic ritual abuse scare, and other modern crazes. Why People Believe Strange Things is an eye-opening resource for the most gullible among us and those who want to protect them.
Author: Jack London
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Published: 1906
Total Pages: 572
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKJACK LONDON (1876-1916), American novelist, born in San Francisco, the son of an itinerant astrologer and a spiritualist mother. He grew up in poverty, scratching a living in various legal and illegal ways -robbing the oyster beds, working in a canning factory and a jute mill, serving aged 17 as a common sailor, and taking part in the Klondike gold rush of 1897. This various experience provided the material for his works, and made him a socialist. "The son of the Wolf" (1900), the first of his collections of tales, is based upon life in the Far North, as is the book that brought him recognition, "The Call of the Wild" (1903), which tells the story of the dog Buck, who, after his master ́s death, is lured back to the primitive world to lead a wolf pack. Many other tales of struggle, travel, and adventure followed, including "The Sea-Wolf" (1904), "White Fang" (1906), "South Sea Tales" (1911), and "Jerry of the South Seas" (1917). One of London ́s most interesting novels is the semi-autobiographical "Martin Eden" (1909). He also wrote socialist treatises, autobiographical essays, and a good deal of journalism.
Author: Roger N. Shepard
Publisher: W H Freeman & Company
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780716721338
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Mind Sights, Roger N. Shepard introduces us to his drawings of visual tricks, discusses the origins of his scientific and artistic work, and shares his reflections on the nature of art, perception, and the mind.
Author: Robert J. Sternberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0521845890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores key topics in psychology, showing how they can be critically examined.
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 158
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 146
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carol Tavris
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9781780660387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they make mistakes? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification. When we make mistakes, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so we create fictions that absolve us of responsibil.
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 288
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