Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk

by Massimo Pigliucci

Book Overview

Recent polls suggest that fewer than 40 percent of Americans believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, despite it being one of science's best-established findings. More and more parents are refusing to vaccinate their children for fear it causes autism, though this link can been consistently disproved. And about 40 percent of Americans believe that the threat of global warming is exaggerated, despite near consensus in the scientific community that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226667863
• ISBN13: 9780226667867
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 8.9"