Hundredth Monkey - And Other Paradigms of the Paranormal

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Kendrick Frazier Klappentext The Hundredth Monkey takes its title from philosopher Ron Amundson's expose of the "Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon," a claim about collective consciousness. Forty-three essays by thirty-nine authors, including Isaac Asmov, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan, Ray Hyman, Paul Kurtz, and James Randi, examine aspects of paranormal and fringe-science beliefs from an authoritative, scientific point of view. The penetrating and entertaining essays, many with timely postscripts, are grouped into nine categories: - Understanding Human Need - Examining Popular Claims - Encouraging Critical Thinking - Medical Controversies - Evaluating the Anomalous Experience - Astrology - Considering Parapsychology - Crashed Saucer Claims - Controversies Within Science Scientists and scholars discuss the burden of skepticism and the delicate balance between a creative openness to new ideas and the relentless scrutiny of new claims. A classic source book for scientifically responsible explanations of controversies, hoaxes, bizarre mysteries, and popular cultural myths. Zusammenfassung Contains forty-three essays by thirty-nine authors! including Isaac Asmov! Martin Gardner! Carl Sagan! Ray Hyman! Paul Kurtz! and James Randi! that examine aspects of paranormal and fringe-science beliefs from a scientific point of view.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kendrick Frazier
• Mitarbeit: Kendrick Frazier (Herausgeber), Frazier Kendrick (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Prometheus Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.06.1991
• EAN: 9780879756550
• ISBN: 978-0-87975-655-0
• Seiten: 414
• Themen: Ratgeber > Spiritualität > Altes Wissen, Alte Kulturen; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Psychic powers & psychic phenomena, Psychic powers and psychic phenomena