Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud

Park, Professor of Physics and Former Chair of the Department of Physics Robert L

ISBN 10: 0198604432 / ISBN 13: 9780198604433

Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198604432
• ISBN 13: 9780198604433
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Science fascinates us by its power to surprise. Occasionally, unexpected results that appear to violate accepted laws of nature can herald revolutionary advances in human knowledge. Many revolutionary discoveries, turn out to be wrong, however, and even eminent scientists have had their careers tarnished, mistakenly thinking that they have made a great discovery. This is pathological science, in which scientists are subject to self-delusion. And if scientists can sometimes fool themselves, how much easier it is to craft arguments deliberately intended to befuddle jurists with little or no scientific background. This is junk science, typically consisting of theories of what could be so, with little supporting evidence to prove that it is so. Sometimes there is no evidence at all.

About the Author

Robert L. Park is Professor of Physics and former chairman of the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland.