In a collection of writings spanning thirty years, Gardner probes the state of contemporary scientific research with emphasis on the problems of pseudoscience and the lack of hard evidence to support
In order to increase the quality of the debate over the proper role of science in society, scholars of philosophy, social sciences, and environmental sciences explain the practice of cooperative delib
Popular science and science fiction writer Asimov (1902-92) wrote a three-volume autobiography, but it is now out of print, along with most other accounts of his own life. His widow, also a writer, ha
This primer on essential scientific literacy gives readers the basics to understand themselves and the world around them, plus a glimpse of how much more science has to offer.Science tells us a good d
DiCarlo, a lecturer on bioethics and philosophy of science who is associated with the Society of Ontario Freethinkers and the Center for Inquiry-Canada, offers a guide to help readers learn how to que
Leaving aside the question of the actual existence of a supreme deity, Buckman (medicine, U. of Toronto, Canada) applies principles of evolutionary science and neuroscience to an examination of the ef
