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Nine crazy ideas in science : a few might even be true / Robert Ehrlich.

by Ehrlich, Robert, 1938-

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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001.

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http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/prin031/00065210.html

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0691070016 (acid-free paper)

9780691070018 (acid-free paper)

0691094950 (pbk.)

9780691094953 (pbk.)

244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Introduction -- More guns means less crime -- AIDS is not caused by HIV -- Sun exposure is beneficial -- Low doses of nuclear radiation are beneficial -- The solar system has two suns -- Oil, coal, and gas have abiogenic origins -- Time travel is possible -- Faster-than-light particles exist -- There was no Big Bang -- Epilogue.

Publisher description: Robert Ehrlich evaluates, for the general reader or student, nine seemingly far-out propositions culled from physics, biology, and social science. In the process, he demonstrates in easy-to-understand terms how to weigh an argument, judge someone's use of statistics, identify underlying assumptions, and ferret out secret agendas.

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