Fads and fallacies in the name of science

Martin Gardner9780486203942, 0486203948

Fair, witty appraisal of cranks, quacks, and quackeries of science and pseudoscience: hollow earth, Velikovsky, orgone energy, Dianetics, flying saucers, Bridey Murphy, food and medical fads, etc. Revised, expanded In the Name of Science. “A very able and even-tempered presentation.”—The New Yorker.