Michael D. Gordin: Pseudoscience

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Beschreibung

Many people would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under the umbrella of pseudoscience - astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind. But defining what makes these fields "pseudo" and differentiates them from genuine science is a far more complex issue. Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation. Michael D. Gordin guides readers along a bewildering array of marginalized doctrines, focusing on some of the central debates about what science is and is not, and how such controversies have shifted over the centuries. This Very Short Introduction provides a historical tour through various theories, providing readers with the tools to think deeply about scientific controversies both past and present.

Über den Autor

Michael D. Gordin is Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and the director of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at Princeton University. He specializes in the history of modern science in Russia, Europe, and North America, in particular on issues related to the history of fringe science, the early years of the nuclear arms race, Russian and Soviet science, language and science, and Albert Einstein. He is the author of The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe, Scientific Babel: How Science Was Done Before and After Global English, and Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The book excels as an introduction to the topic....It has the potential to appeal to a wider audience... and help readers within and beyond academia to conceptualize and engage with pseudoscience in its full complexity-to think about it beyond the abstract, the moralistic, and the anecdotal. That indeed would be an exceptional achievement.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Grenzwissenschaften
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Esoterik & Anthroposophie
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780190944421
ISBN-10:	0190944420
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gordin, Michael D.
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press Inc
Maße:	170 x 107 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	Michael D. Gordin
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.04.2023
Gewicht:	0,128 kg

Artikel-ID: 125178487

Über den Autor

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The book excels as an introduction to the topic....It has the potential to appeal to a wider audience... and help readers within and beyond academia to conceptualize and engage with pseudoscience in its full complexity-to think about it beyond the abstract, the moralistic, and the anecdotal. That indeed would be an exceptional achievement.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Grenzwissenschaften
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Esoterik & Anthroposophie
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780190944421
ISBN-10:	0190944420
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gordin, Michael D.
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press Inc
Maße:	170 x 107 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	Michael D. Gordin
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.04.2023
Gewicht:	0,128 kg