Nine Crazy Ideas in Science : : A Few Might Even Be True /

Nine Crazy Ideas in Science : : A Few Might Even Be True / / Robert Ehrlich.

AIDS is not caused by HIV. Coal and oil are not fossil fuels. Radiation exposure is good for you. Distributing more guns reduces crime. These ideas make headlines, but most educated people scoff at them. Yet some of science's most important concepts-from gravity to evolution-have surfaced from...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Ehrlich, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2001
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledaments
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2. More Guns Means Less Crime
  • 3. AIDS Is Not Caused bv HIV
  • 4. Sun Exposure Is Beneficial
  • 5. Low Doses of Nuclear Radiation Are Beneficial
  • 6. The Solar System Has Two Suns
  • 7. Oil, Coal, and Gas Have Abiogenic Origins
  • 8. Time Travel Is Possible
  • 9. Faster-than-Light Particles Exist
  • 10. There Was No Big Bang
  • 11.Epilogue
  • Notes to the Chapters
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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