Nine crazy ideas in science : a few might even be true /
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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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2001.
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| Rochtain ar líne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv36zqj8 |
Clár na nÁbhar:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. More Guns Means Less Crime
- 3. AIDS Is Not Caused by 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.