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Kendrick Frazier
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The Hundredth Monkey: And Other Paradigms of the Paranormal |
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English |
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Paperback |
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414 |
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1991-06-01 |
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0879756551 |
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Prometheus Books |
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1.06 pounds |
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0.86 x 5.4 x 8.32 inches |
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1 william penner (USA: NV) |
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Product Description
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.
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