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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aPark, Robert L.
245	1	0	_aSuperstition : _bbelief in the age of science / _cRobert L. Park.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aPrinceton, N.J. : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2008.
300			_a1 online resource ([vii], 215, [xv] pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-219 and index.
505	0		_aLessons from a tree -- A bigger prize : in which we discover scientists of faith -- The secret of life : in which Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection survives -- Miracle at Columbia : in which both sides pray for victory -- Giving up the ghost : in which we search for the soul -- The silent army : in which we search for an afterlife -- The tsunami God : in which the innocent suffer -- The new age : in which anything goes -- Schrödinger's grave : in which quantum mysticism is found to be superstition -- The barbary duck : in which the body heals itself -- The deer : in which the placebo effect is explained -- The moral law : in which we instinctively know right from wrong -- The last butterfly : in which there is no place else to go.
520	1		_a"From uttering a prayer before boarding a plane, to exploring past lives through hypnosis, has superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture? Robert Park, the best-selling author of Voodoo Science, argues that it has. In Superstition, Park asks why people persist in superstitious convictions long after science has shown them to be ill-founded. He takes on supernatural beliefs from religion and the afterlife to New Age spiritualism and faith-based medical claims. He examines recent controversies and concludes that science is the only way we have of understanding the world. Park sides with the forces of reason in a world of continuing and, he fears, increasing superstition. Chapter by chapter, he explains how people too easily mistake pseudoscience for science. He discusses parapsychology, homeopathy, and acupuncture; he questions the existence of souls, the foundations of intelligent design, and the power of prayer; he asks for evidence of reincarnation and astral projections; and he challenges the idea of heaven. Throughout, he demonstrates how people's blind faith, and their confidence in suspect phenomena and remedies, are manipulated for political ends. Park shows that science prevails when people stop fooling themselves. Compelling and precise, Superstition takes no hostages in its quest to provoke. In shedding light on some very sensitive - and Park would say scientifically dubious - issues, the book is sure to spark discussion and controversy"--Provided by publisher.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
590			_aMaster record variable field(s) change: 650
650		0	_aReligion and science.
650		0	_aReligion and sociology.
650		0	_aBelief and doubt.
650		7	_aRELIGION _xGeneral. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aRELIGION _xEthics. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBelief and doubt. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00830124
650		7	_aReligion and science. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01093848
650		7	_aReligion and sociology. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01093858
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aPark, Robert L. _tSuperstition. _b1st ed. _dPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008 _z9780691145976 _w(DLC) 2008014926 _w(OCoLC)221664310
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