Popular culture fills the mind with a steady diet of fantasy, from tales of UFO landings and alien abductions, haunted houses, and communication with the dead to claims of miraculous cures by spiritual healers and breakthrough treatments in 'alternative' medicine. The paranormal - and the pseudoscience that attempts to validate it - is so ubiquitous that many people lose sight ...(展开全部)

乔治·O·阿贝尔曾是美国洛杉矶加利福尼亚大学的天文学教授。他出生于洛杉矶地区并在那里上中学，在美国空军短期工作后进入加州理工学院，在那里得到学士、硕士位，最后在1957年获得博士学位。随后，他一直在加州大学洛杉矶分校任职，并在休假期间曾经作为慕尼黑物理和天体物理学马克斯·普朗克研究所的特遨学者和爱丁堡皇家天文台的特邀教授。他的研究对象是密集星系团、宇宙宏观结构以及和宇宙学有关的其他问题。他在国内和国际的科学组织以及天文普及方面都很活跃。他除有许多研究论文和一般文章外，还写过几部被广泛选用的天文学教科书，其中包括《宇宙的探索》。1981年10月7日，乔治·阿贝尔因病逝世。

乔治·O·阿贝尔曾是美国洛杉矶加利福尼亚大学的天文学教授。他出生于洛杉矶地区并在那里上中学，在美国空军短期工作后进入加州理工学院，在那里得到学士、硕士位，最后在1957年获得博士学位。随后，他一直在加州大学洛杉矶分校任职，并在休假期间曾经作为慕尼黑物理和天体物理学马克斯·普朗克研究所的特遨学者和爱丁堡皇家天文台的特邀教授。他的研究对象是密集星系团、宇宙宏观结构以及和宇宙学有关的其他问题。他在国内和国际的科学组织以及天文普及方面都很活跃。他除有许多研究论文和一般文章外，还写过几部被广泛选用的天文学教科书，其中包括《宇宙的探索》。1981年10月7日，乔治·阿贝尔因病逝世。

An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence. Attacks on science have become commonplace. Claims that climate change isn't settled science, that evolution is “only a theory,” and that scientists are conspiring to keep the truth about vaccines from the public are staples of...(展开全部)

An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence. Attacks on science have become commonplace. Claims that climate change isn't settled science, that evolution is “only a theory,” and that scientists are conspiring to keep the truth about vaccines from the public are staples of...(展开全部)

The first book to explore, in depth, the complete range of paranormal phenomena reported in Sussex. Published in a handy A-Z format, you will find accounts of well-known hauntings, as well as many pre

The first book to explore, in depth, the complete range of paranormal phenomena reported in Sussex. Published in a handy A-Z format, you will find accounts of well-known hauntings, as well as many pre

Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Pharaoh's curses? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science. Examples of fantastic findings support the carefully, logically, and entertaining...(展开全部)

Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science.

Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Pharaoh's curses? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science. Examples of fantastic findings support the carefully, logically, and entertaining...(展开全部)