Exposed! by Henri Broch
From horoscopes to telekinesis to the Shroud of Turin, much of what is popularly accepted as a mystical or paranormal phenomenon is, in fact, bunk. Henri Broch's charged deconstruction of these and other acts reveals the hucksterism of pseudoscience. Broch provides a scientific explanation for what many accept as supernatural or psychic. He explains how some tricks, such as bending silverware with the mind, actually work. He details plausible, scientifically grounded alternative explanations for others, such as dowsing, which is the practice of finding by nonscientific means hidden veins of water, gems, metals, and other materials under the earth. Broch's hands-on experiments demystify the mysterious and explain the inexplicable. Featuring a foreword by Nobel laureate Georges Charpak and translated from French by Bart K. Holland, this persuasively argued and firmly scientific book exposes some of history's most persistent bamboozling. Be forewarned, you may never be taken in again!
What stands out in this book is that Broch allows the facts of his arguments to impress on their own, and they are impressiveMoreover, readers will be wowed by what he has dug up. -- Norm Goldman BookPleasures.com 2009 Backed up by easily understood charts and diagrams, Exposed! is witty but substantial science for the layman. -- Ken Lauderdale AUTHOR Magazine 2009 Offers some great material for conversation! Bluesci 2010
Henri Broch is a professor at the University of Nice. He is the coauthor of Debunked: ESP, Telekinesis, and Other Pseudoscience, also published by Johns Hopkins.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801892462 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801892465 |
| Title | Exposed! |
| Author | Henri Broch |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 2009-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
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