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When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.

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Science Tales: lies, hoaxes and scams – Darryl Cunningham

Paul Taylor - 9th July 2018

Myriad Editions, ISBN 978-0-9567926-8-6 There are people for whom the term, "graphic novel", seems an over-inflated alternative to "comic book", and, given the non-fictional nature...

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This Thing Called Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing – Andrew Bennett & Nicholas Royle

Paul Taylor - 9th July 2018

Routledge ISBN 978-1-40-825401-1 Hundreds of novels jostle on shelves, waiting to be seen to. In the corner, a ziggurat of poetry books flutters its pages....

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Rocket: Owners’ Workshop Manual – David Baker

Paul Taylor - 9th July 2018

Haynes Manuals, ISBN 10: 0857333712 Now that people feel that they can't mend their own cars, Haynes Manuals seem to be turning their attention to...

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The Impostor: BHL in Wonderland – Jade Lindgaard and Xavier de la Porte

Paul Taylor - 9th July 2018

Counterblasts, Verso Books, ISBN 978-1-84467-748-1 Donning rubber gloves and waders, two French journalists help each other stay upright as they sift through the verbiage and...

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Origins: the scientific story of creation – Jim Baggott

Paul Taylor - 9th July 2018

OUP ISBN: 9780198707646 This is a fasten-your-seat-belt ride all the way from the Planck Epoch to the dawning of consciousness, the consciousness that the world has...

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A Numerate Life by John Allen Paulos

Paul Taylor - 18th June 2018

Prometheus, ISBN 1633881180 As an avid reader of Paulos's books since the 1990s - such as Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences, and Beyond Numeracy:...

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Constructing Knowledge

Wendy M. Grossman - 9th January 2018

I first learned to be a skeptic in high school. Pause. Modify. I think I was always naturally a skeptic - or, as my...

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Do lawbots dream of electric briefs?

Geoff Whelan - 17th September 2017

Summer holidays are a great excuse to dodge deadlines and this year was no exception. When I should have been penning this column I...

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Welcome to the modern American Right – the world that high weirdness built

Donald Trump’s debate performance proved he has mainstreamed extreme conspiracy theories

Med Beds: the futuristic health devices promising to cure you with undefined energy

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