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Voodoo Science

Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud is a book published in 2000 by physics professor Robert L. Park, critical of research that falls short of adhering to the scientific method. Other people have used the term "voodoo science", but amongst academics it is most closely associated with Park. The book is critical of, among other things…

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Robert L. Park
Language
English
Media type
Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages
230
Publication place
UK & USA

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Voodoo Science

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Triples108
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Examples cited · 60
Voodoo Science → Alternative Medicine Park, Animal, Ayurveda, Biosphere, Blacklight Power, Brilliant Pebbles, Cold, Complementary, Contributing, Daubert, Dean Radin, Deepak Chopra, Dennis Lee, Effect, Electromagnetic, Emily Rosa, Eugene Podkletnov, FluddGarabed, Gerard, GiragossianThe Energy Machine
related to Quotes · 17
Voodoo Science → America's, American, Because, But, Chicago Cubs, Democrats, Earth, Few, In, Methodists, No, Page, Pages VIII-IX, The, They, This, What
related to Warning signs · 9
Voodoo Science → Anecdotal, Discoverers, Drawing, Higher Education, No, Park, The, The Chronicle, True
related to Reception · 7
Voodoo Science → Bob Goldstein, Matt Nisbet, Nature Cell Biology, Park, Richard Dawkins, Skeptical Inquirer, Stephen Jay Gould
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Voodoo Science → Page, Park
Authors · 1
Voodoo Science → Robert L. Park
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Pages · 1
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Voodoo ScienceAuthorsRobert L. Park1.00infobox
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Voodoo ScienceLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Voodoo ScienceMedia typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)1.00infobox
Voodoo SciencePages2301.00infobox
Voodoo SciencePublication placeUK & USA1.00infobox
Voodoo SciencePublished20001.00infobox
Voodoo SciencePublisherOxford University Press1.00infobox
Voodoo ScienceSubjectsScience, Pseudoscience1.00infobox
Voodoo ScienceTextVoodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud online1.00infobox
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cold fusioninstance ofpseudoscience topics0.80text

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