Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown

Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown

Cover of the first edition
Author Michael Shermer
Country United States
Language English
Subject Science, Pseudoscience
Publisher Times Books
Publication date
 December 9, 2004
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
ISBN 0-8050-7708-1
OCLC 55682384
501 22
LC Class Q175 .S53437 2005
Preceded by The Science of Good and Evil
Followed by Why Darwin Matters

Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown is a 2004 book by Michael Shermer, a historian of science and founder of The Skeptics Society. It contains thirteen essays about "personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown. What do we know, and what do we not know?"[1][2] These include an essay relating the author's experience of a day spent learning cold reading techniques well enough to be accepted as a psychic.[3][4] As well as covering skepticism and pseudoscience, Shermer discusses other topics touching on the subject of encouraging scientific thought, such as sport psychology and the writings of Stephen Jay Gould.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Science Friction". Publishers Weekly. Fall 2004. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  2. ↑ Rocky Mountain News review.
  3. ↑ Henderson, Mark (2005-12-03). "A Diamond with staying power". The Times. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  4. ↑ Scialabba, George (2005-06-02). "The Scientific Contrarian". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  5. ↑ Singh, Simon (2005-01-15). "Science Friction by Michael Shermer". NewScientist. Retrieved 2009-11-14.


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