The undergrowth of science : delusion, self-deception, and human frailty

The undergrowth of science : delusion, self-deception, and human frailty / Walter Gratzer.

Author/creator	Gratzer, W. B. (Walter Bruno), 1932-2021
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description	ix, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Science--History. Science--Philosophy.

Partial contents	Introduction. -- Blondlot and the n-rays. -- Paradigms enow : some mirages of biology. -- Aberrations of physics : Irving Langmuir investigates. -- Nor any drop to drink : the tale of polywater. -- The wilder shores of credulity. -- Energy unlimited. -- What the doctor ordered. -- Science, chauvinism and bigotry. -- The climate of fear. -- Science in the Third Reich : bigotry, racism and extinction. -- Nature nurtured : the rise and fall of eugenics. -- Envoi.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-321) and index.
LCCN	00036309
ISBN	0198507070

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	Q125 .G785 2000	✔ Available	Place Hold