Science Friction
Where the Known Meets the Unknown
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Word Count
84,000 words, Guess
Page Count
336 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-10073945630X
- ISBN-139780805079142
- ISBN-100805079149
- ISBN-139780739456309
- LibraryThing253049
and 3 more
- Goodreads83582
- OCLC Control Number62759450
- Open LibraryOL7933157M
Description
"In each of the essays in Science Friction, psychologist and science historian Michael Shermer explores the barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the boundaries of the unknown. As Shermer puts it, the challenge we all face in distinguishing facts from fiction can be summed up with a twist on a well-worn bromide: "I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it." What do we know and what do we not know? How does science respond to controversy, attack, and uncertainty? Together, these fourteen essays probe the omnipresent clash between the known and the unknown, always employing Shermer's trademark wit and intelligence."--BOOK JACKET
First Sentence
ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2003, I filmed a television show with Bill Nye in Seattle, Washington, for a new PBS science series entitled Eye on Nye.
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