by Martin Gardner · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420603667
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In 'Science. The Good, the Bad, and the False', Martin Gardner reveals the tricks of charlatans and the eccentricities of parapsychology. Through rigorous analysis, the author examines how respectable scientific theories can be the subject of sensationalist treatments. This work, belonging to the 'Pocket Book' collection, offers a critical and entertaining look at the world of science and its misinterpretations.
Martin Gardner was an American writer on popular mathematics and popular science. His interests also encompassed magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literature – especially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton. He was a leading authority on Lewis Carroll; The Annotated Alice, which incorporated the text of Carroll's two Alice books, was his most successful work and sold over a million copies. He had a lifelong interest in magic and illusion and in 1999, MAGIC magazine named him as one of the "100 Most Influential Magicians of the Twentieth Century". He was considered the doyen of American puzzlers. He was a prolific and versatile author, publishing more than 100 books.
