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One Man's Mystique.......2005-01-25

I first read a copy of this book in 1999 and still pick it up for an enjoyable read. While the book is written in a "straight from the mind to the pen" style, it is easy to grasp and a well-thought expression of the author's conviction.

Whether you are an opponent or a proponent of the decriminalization of marijuana, the author offers an educated choice.

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Mike Cameron parks it in the bleachers.......2003-09-15

Great inspirational all ages book by Seattle local favorite Mike Cameron. I would recommend it for any young sports fan.

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Surprisingly boring

Rock writer needs an editor....

Critics enjoy listening to themselves whine

This Just In: Jim De Still Fat, Still A Poseur

A Must-Have Book (If you love music)

Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the '90s
Jim Derogatis
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Surprisingly boring.......2005-11-13

'Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosions of the '90s' is both trite and unwarranted. For a man who seemingly wants to be so controversial, why does he devote the bulk of his attacks on bands that even mainstream audiences do not pay attention to anymore? Was bashing Hootie and the Blowfish and Third Eye Blind ever controversial? Even among non-music critics, taking Britney Spears and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to task are fabulous wastes of time.
Worse is when he reveals his puzzling ignorance of musicians and bands, here stating that Blind Melon were like "the Grateful Allman Brothers" and there suggesting that Nine Inch Nails were part of the electronica scene that was hyped circa 96/97. If you're like me, you'll find yourself mystified by the bands included in here (has anybody ever given a sh*t about Redd Kross?!) and frustrated with who he leaves out (sure, the book is hopelessly biased toward the first 5 years of the decade, but how do you call yourself a critic of the 90s and not include a single article that does more than mention Pavement, Radiohead, and Beck in passing?)
If you need more reason to dislike Jim DeRogatis, I recommend 'Turn On Your Mind!: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock.' Just like 'Milk It!', it's an ill-informed tome of idiocy. (See the part where he insults the Grateful Dead! Oooo!) Not only that, it somehow manages to make psychedelic rock boring and comes off as one giant handjob to P.M. Dawn, surely one of the stupidest and most forgettable bands of the 90s.
Jim DeRogatis is a man who badly wants to matter, idolizing Lester Bangs and Wire enough to write a book about the former and start a cover band of the latter. The problem? He's not a good writer, he picks easy targets, and his controversial opinions are (though I shudder to use the term) retarded. Further proof? He likes Sinead O' Connor and dismisses Guided By Voices as being like NRBQ(!).

Rock writer needs an editor...........2005-07-27

Jim DeRogatis has written some pretty neat articles. He's also written some self-indulgent hogswill. That's all part of the fun in being paid to write about stuff that you truly love. And believe me, as a former paid rock writer and radio programmer, it's easy to get thoroughly wrapped up in the waves of emotion that feed the profit machine...and the profit machine wants you emotional, because that keeps you from expecting much for compensation. It is what makes the best rock writers so hilariously dramatic (like DeRogatis' hero, Lester Bangs) and often makes their writing pointlessly dorky (like DeRogatis bashing of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame).

"Milk It" (the title copped from Nirvana) is a collection of JD's columns for numerous papers and magazines he's contributed to, and attempts to expound of what was great about music in the 90's. Which is centered mostly into pre and post Kurt Cobain, sometimes maddeningly so. There is WAY too much here that focuses on Cobain, Courtney and the general notion that Nirvana was the focus of all things in the decade. Which may be true, but a little pruning would have been to "Milk It's" benefit, or even a little updating/rewriting of some of the columns. But you do get one of the finest of the Nirvana articles to focus on the aftermath, the great Spin story of "The Nirvana Wars" in which all parties get to rip at each other with abandon.

The other good moments are when DeRogatis takes on the R.E.M. hype machine around the time of "New Adventures In High-Fi," verbally spars with Third Eye Blind's Stephen Jenkins, and exposes the hypocrisy surrounding many writers' defense of N.W.A.'s hate-for-cash scum-scam. But his venom is also his weakness, as too much ink is wasted on his feud with Steve Albini, and upon a typical rock crit's downfall, thinking your favorite obscurities are godhead. In addition, we need to face it up to the fact that trashing Brittany Spears is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Had someone taken the time to winnow this book from its bloated near 400 pages down to a more concise 250, "Milk It" might have been the kind of the decade defining volume that DeRogatis intended it to be. And his hilarious tale of his brief tenure at Rolling Stone not withstanding, there's too much Jim and not enough rock here. I found myself racing to the end of the book, not because I wanted to find out where the DeRogatis was headed, but because I was getting bored. In rock writing, that's cardinal sin.

Critics enjoy listening to themselves whine.......2005-01-18

Critics enjoy listening to themselves whine, and this book is the height of their craft. Derogatis should be persona non-gratis. A wanabee rock star who gets his kicks by tearing apart great bands.

If the guy would at least label what he likes about a few bands, he could be considered balanced. But he's an ego-maniac looking to pop the ego he sees in Rock stars of the past and present ...

The guy has trashed bands/albums as diverse and good as The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," Radiohead's "OK Computer" and Nirvana's "Nevermind" and U2's "Atomic Bomb"

This Just In: Jim De Still Fat, Still A Poseur .......2004-08-22

I'll make this quick. I bought the book because it's the first I've seen to focus solely on the "Alternative" rock I came of age with in the early 90's. The next day, after reading far more than I should have, I returned it to the local corporate bookstore and reallocated the money to a couple tabloid magazines and a cup of coffee. What Paris Hilton is currently wearing is far more interesting than this book, which boils down to Derogatis trying to overcompensate for his inherent uncoolness. He has made a name for himself in the world of rock criticism by taking critically and commercially successful bands to task while at the same time trumpeting the greatness of some of the worst crap the decade produced while ignoring some of the best that came out of the time period. There's a reason why you can buy this tripe brand new for a mere $2.50 on this site.

A Must-Have Book (If you love music).......2004-06-07

In this world of criticism, there are two ways to go. You can either offer an objective take on the work you are criticizing or you can conform to the wishes of your editor and offer up a puff piece. Some critics will go for the puff piece. Lester Bangs never did. And neither has Jim Derogatis,

Derogatis, music critic for the Chicago Sun Times and frequent contributor to many music/entertainment related periodicals, is one of the most honest and objective music writers out there today. And he's one of the most entertaining as well as Milk It: Collected Musing On The Alternative Music Explosion Of The 90s proves. The 410-page book, a collection of his pieces from that era, positions Derogatis as the heir to Bangs throne.

Derogatis divides the book into 14 different sections. Each section is devoted to a particular band (Nirvana, REM) or a particular topic (Britpop, Women In Rock). The sections consist of various reviews, interviews and other essays. In other words, it's a rummage sale of recycled material. But as far as single author collections of works of criticism go, it's one of the better ones out there.

As I said earlier, Derogatis doesn't hesitate to call it as he sees it. There are two articles of Courtney Love quotes contained here. Unaltered quotes that portray Ms. Love as interesting and rather psychotic. The Smashing Pumpkins section cheers on the band for its success. But some of the portrayals of Billy Corgan are none too flattering.

In the intro to his women in rock section, Derogatis criticizes the music scene and industry observers for treating women in rock special, instead of as they would treat all other (non-female) bands. He seems to feel that this is demeaning in a way and he makes his point well for this being correct.

That's the good thing about this book, even in the case of artist he admires, Derogatis never falls victim to hero-worship. In one of the articles in the REM section, he questions the wisdom of their charging excessively high ticket prices. Although guitarist Peter Buck acknowledges that the $50 price tag was too high, bassist Mike Mills defends the high prices.

One thing that Derogatis has in common with Bangs is the fact that he too got fired from Rolling Stone. Bangs got the ax for writing negative comments on James Taylor albums. Derogatis devotes a whole section to his experience at the venerable RS, entitling the section "Hootiegate". The incident that earned Derogatis the wrath of RS publisher Jann Wenner was the release of Hootie And The Blowfish's second album. Derogatis wrote a very negative review of the album and awarded it two stars on the 4 star RS scale. The review interfered with Wenner's peace and love views of rock and roll and journalism and so it was yanked from the magazine. When Derogatis went public with the whole matter, Wenner sent him packing. The aforementioned review is included.

One area of the book that I recommend for particular study by fellow Epinioners is the section entitled "Unrepentant Hypes And Fabulous Frauds". Here he rips on easy targets like Bush (the band) and Britney of course. But he also goes after certain sacred cows. He offers up a negative review of NWA's N!ggaz4life album on the grounds of the album's miserable content of misogyny. He questions Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello about his former band's support of the Shining Path, a group of Peruvian Guerrillas that have murdered innocent people. And there is a hilarious interview with Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind. Jenkins did not like Derogatis review of his band's concert and so he takes Derogatis to task. At the end of the review, he tells Derogatis that the only thing ham-fisted is "your writing". Of course, Jenkins has managed to make himself look like a fool in the process. The skewering here is priceless.

So yes, Derogatis' work is a good example of how good music writing should be done. The only real drawback is that some of his viewpoints are a little overly simplistic. For instance, in one piece he simply dismisses the Counting Crows as a bogus Van Morrison rip-off. While that topic is worthy of debate, he doesn't really bring anything else to the issue. However, a good many of his opinions are right on the money (especially his ripping of Nickelback and Creed). His writing style is more straightforward and less gonzo than Bangs.

Milk It is an excellent book for all music fans to read as well as all those who are looking to write good music criticism. Don't miss this great book! Another terrific Amazon quick pick I love is THE LOSERS CLUB by Richard Perez -- a great novel about the New York City music scene during the '90s

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Cuts a Large pill in half.......2002-04-02

Abberant is a large pill to swallow. It gives a player huge amounts of power right from the start. This causes players to develop a sort of "Must destroy, power is all that matters." The players guide solves this problems and also adds more.

The players guide starts with a bit about how the game is not superfriends. It continues into information about the world in 2015, the setting has become more sour apparently as apparently Abberants are realized as a threat.

The next Chapters go into Seceret stuff in the Aeon society, and then go into groups like the Deadalus League, who are a group of Abberants who explore space. The next chapters get into really insane Abberants powers. They give a three new levels of power, that are so insane.... the cover says it all. One of the most notable is "Universe Creation". That is what it is. You can assume what it does.

The last chapters seem out of order as they seem to be a continuation of the earlier. It explains certain other Nova groups but hints at Abberant Underworld having some of the information sadly the book hasn't come out yet.

This book adds alot to the game of Abberant, and it is very helpful for any player or storyteller who plans on adding some more levels of checks and balances to their game. Though this book is far from needed.

Fun ideas, icky powers.......2001-03-18

I really like Aberrant. Of the super-hero game systems I have seen and played this one pulls it off best. The core book was pretty good, and the powers let you make any character imaginable straight out of comicdom.

Like the rest of White Wolf's "Players Guides" this book takes that game system one step further... perhaps further than it should have gone. It talks briefly about the world the game is set in, but what you would probably end up buying it for is the skills. Many new uses for powers and skills from the Aberrant core book are presented here, and past powers are extened up to rank 10. Some new powers are introduced that require Quantum higher than 5 to use... and some are just silly. For instance, having a quantum of 10 and being able to create your own universe... how is that going to be useful in an Aberrant campign? It's not, ever.

In short, it's a fun read. It has a lot of good ideas. However, if you're already brimming with ideas you might want to pass this one over. Most of the new powers would never even be considered for a campaign. Probably best to skip it unless you're really into Aberrant.

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Although Learning XML covers XML rather broadly, it nevertheless presents the key elements of the technology with enough detail to familiarize the reader with this crucial markup language. This guide is brief enough to tackle in a weekend.

Author Erik T. Ray begins with an excellent summary of XML's history as an outgrowth of SGML and HTML. He outlines very clearly the elements of markup, demystifying concepts such as attributes, entities, and namespaces with numerous clear examples. To illustrate a real-world XML application, he gives the reader a look at a document written in DocBook--a publicly available XML document type for publishing technical writings--and explains the sections of the document step by step. A more simplified version of DocBook is used later in the book to illustrate transformation--a powerful benefit of XML.

The all-important Document Type Definition (DTD) is covered in depth, but the still-unofficial alternative, XML Schema, is only briefly addressed. The author makes liberal use of graphics, tables, and code to demonstrate concepts along the way, keeping the reader engaged and on track. Ray also goes deep into some discussion of programming XML utilities with Perl.

Learning XML is a very readable introduction to XML for readers with existing knowledge of markup and Web technologies. It meets its goals very well--to deliver a broad perspective of XML and its potential. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered:

XML overview
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This second edition of the bestselling Learning XML provides web developers with a concise but grounded understanding of XML (the Extensible Markup Language) and its potential-- not just a whirlwind tour of XML. The author explains the important and relevant XML technologies and their capabilities clearly and succinctly with plenty of real-life projects and useful examples. He outlines the elements of markup--demystifying concepts such as attributes, entities, and namespaces--and provides enough depth and examples to get started. Learning XML is a reliable source for anyone who needs to know XML, but doesn't want to waste time wading through hundreds of web sites or 800 pages of bloated text. For writers producing XML documents, this book clarifies files and the process of creating them with the appropriate structure and format. Designers will learn what parts of XML are most helpful to their team and will get started on creating Document Type Definitions. For programmers, the book makes syntax and structures clear. Learning XML also discusses the stylesheets needed for viewing documents in the next generation of browsers, databases, and other devices. Learning XML illustrates the core XML concepts and language syntax, in addition to important related tools such as the CSS and XSL styling languages and the XLink and XPointer specifications for creating rich link structures. It includes information about three schema languages for validation: W3C Schema, Schematron, and RELAX-NG, which are gaining widespread support from people who need to validate documents but aren't satisfied with DTDs. Also new in this edition is a chapter on XSL-FO, a powerful formatting language for XML. If you need to wade through the acronym soup of XML and start to really use this powerful tool, Learning XML, will give you the roadmap you need.

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Great Book for Learning XML.......2007-03-02

This book taught me a lot about XML and how it is used in the digital publishing world. XML is not limited to web sites and is a great resource for businesses institutions and other publishing needs where a common format is needed for each and every document.

I recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn more about XML and how it is used.

Not a Standalone book, good otherwise.......2006-12-10

1. YOU WILL NOT TOUCH A KEYBOARD USING THIS BOOK, IT DOESN'T NOT WALK THROUGH EXAMPLES- for those books, try "XML step by step" by Young (Microsoft), and for more advanced, "XML in Action - Web Technology" by Pardi.

2. THIS BOOK IS GREAT: because it teaches in a fundamentally different way. Most of what we see of XML is tags, attributes, the structure of the data in the elements, etc. But this book focus on the DOM. This crucial focus helps understand XML with its uses, XPointer, and transformation.

3. If you want to do a lot with XML, beyond RSS feeds, buy this book along with a walkthrough, like the books listed above.

bad book, too much nonsense.......2006-10-05

full of nonsense in whole book.
For example, xml schemas chapter is from page 108 to 164 about 60 pages, but realy useful w3c xml schema only take less 8 pages, others, useless, forget them.
Hi my dear author,
you have a lot of work to do, from simple to complex, how can you just give a long example and finish. Do you know "learning" means ***FOCUSING ON CORE***

The book is exactly right for an introduction........2006-09-05

I am amplifying a prior review (Daniel McKinnon's) in order to balance a misperception as to the intent and execution of the book.

This is not XSLT or XPath or "DOM processing in Firefox" or "node traversals with Java", it's an introduction to XML. If you need a solid foundation upon which to base further study, I wholly recommend the book. Unlike other reviewers, I am not in search of the One Canonical Tome on a subject, because I know it doesn't exist in any genre. My needs for learning XML were basic and required a grasp of fundamentals, which you will achieve with this work.

It also has numerous points of interest that a reader can use to further a study of specific issues, such as processing XML using a scripting language, or weighing a schema for implementation, and so forth. As a result, the reader is well-armed to continue learning on the specifics that are of personal interest.

Ir requires a third edition to correct errors and update content, but that doesn't diminish the value of the book for anyone who wants to comprehend what XML is and is not, and what the major issues and challenges are.

-Fred

who is this book intended for?.......2006-05-27

Most O'reilly books are praised for describing computer programming concepts in a very readable way for an educated audience. Although, Erik Ray's book is engaging enough, he has left out so much detail in the language definitions and real examples that, after reading this book, it is not possible for even an experienced programmer to actually use the material. For example, the book explains the definition of schemas (without enough detail) but how do I use a schema in a project? The intended audience for this book appears to be people who already use xml that want a refresher at an elementary level. Very disappointing.

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A Primary Source History Book

Discovering the Global Past: A Look at the Evidence, Second Edition, Vol. 2
Merry E. Wiesner , William Bruce Wheeler , and Franklin M. Doeringer
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This successful world history version of the popular Discovering series contains a multi-part pedagogical framework that guides students through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data, with actual documents and artifacts from which students develop answers to historical questions.

Each chapter features the same thorough, six-part pedagogical framework. "The Problem" outlines the central question to be considered. "Background" places the problem in historical context, while "Method" discusses how to analyze primary source material relating to the problem. "Evidence" presents several primary source documents for students to analyze. "Questions to Consider" focus on specific evidence and links between primary sources, and "Epilogue" explains the problem's historical outcome.

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A Primary Source History Book.......2000-09-09

Most history books are dull. Not this one!

I came across this book at a garage sale. I thought it might be useful to get ideas for History Day topics for my kids. I found it so interesting and well written that I read it cover to cover.

The reader learns history the way historians do-using primary sources. The book shows how to analyze letters, speeches, newspaper articles, maps, advertisements, statistical data, court records, and first person accounts. This is not a comprehensive history book, but rather a historical sampling of 15 topics. Some of the topics are "Conceptualizing the Modern World (1500s)", "The Confucian Family (1600-1800)", Islamic Fundamentalism and Renewal in West Africa (ca.1775-1820)", and "Globalism and Tribalism: Challenges to the Contemporary Nation-State (1980's-1990s)".

The Authors give a brief background, questions to consider, and suggestions to help the reader analyze the primary sources. I would strongly recommend this book to advanced placement high school or college level history teachers. It teaches critical thinking in a way rarely found in history texts.

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Popular culture fills the mind with a steady diet of fantasy, from tales of UFO landings and alien abductions, haunted houses, and communication with the dead to claims of miraculous cures by spiritaul healers and breakthrough treatments in "alternative" medicine. The paranormal--and the pseudoscience that attempts to validate it--is so ubiquitous that many people lose sight of the distinction between the real and the imaginary, and some never learn to make the distinction in the first place.

In this updated and expanded edition of PSEUDOSCIENCE AND THE PARANORMAL, the most comprehensive and up-to-date work of its kind, psychologist and neuroscientist Terence Hines explores the question of evidence for the paranormal and delves beyond it to one that is even more puzzling: Why do people continue to believe in the reality of the supernatural despite overwhelming evidence that it does not exist?

Devoting separate chapters to psychics, life after death, parapsychology, astrology, UFOs, faith healing, alternative medicine, and many other topics, Hines examines the empirical evidence supporting these popular paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. New to this edition are extended sections on psychoanalysis and pseudopsychologies, especially recovered memory therapy, satanic ritual abuse, and facilitated communication. Also included are new chapters on "alternative" medicine and environmental pseudoscience.

Critiquing the whole range of current paranormal claims, this carefully researched, thorough review of pseudoscience and the paranormal in contemporary life shows readers how to carefuly evaluate such claims in terms of scientific evidence. This scholarly yet readable volume is an invaluable reference work for students and general readers alike.

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Excellent breadth.......2007-07-14

This book covers a wide range of paranormal topics and is an interesting read. My only mild complaint (why not 5 stars) is that it needs more illustrations/photos. Compare Flim Flam by James Randi (of which he borrows a couple of photos) and Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer (with non-paranormal stuff too like holocaust deniers). Anyway, since this book is targeted as a text for college critical thinking courses, it does cover topics well, but in your lectures you would need more example photos. I hope in a future edition, lots of photos are added, and not in a middle section like now, but in text near the topic - and Randi and Shermer do.

AMAZING!.......2007-05-21

Being a skepticism buff, I declare this book THE ABSOLUTE authority on the scientific aspect of debunking of the paranormal and pseudoscience!!! I have read nearly every book and publication on the subject, but this one takes the cake.

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Cover and back is soft paper that rolls up permanently.

There is a line down each page where the ink is faded but legible.

The book is riddled with typographical errors.

Piece of trash.......2006-08-21

This book was truely vomitous. What a shame that even a single tree had to die so that the putrid words of the incompetent author could appear in print. What dross!

As a neuroscientist, I found this book beyond mindless. Clearly the author is more impressed with his own opinions than reason. Time and again, a topic that could have been delt with in a few sentences is given a page or so. Moreover, there is nothing original here, but instead the author borrowed liberally from the work of others in order to make his case. Granted, it is case that should be made, but from someone with a million times more insight into areas of pseudoscience and the paranormal than this hack, faux-academic effort. A better title would have been Pseudoscience and the Paranormal Lite!

Pseudoscience Demolished!.......2006-02-12

This book is an excellent primer for any non-closed-minded, rational thinker who wants the claptrap of pseudoscientific thinking (ESP, astrology, etc.) debunked and demystified. The book tells the unvarnished truth and exposes the frauds. My only complaint is that the book is just an overview--I wish it were three times as long!

There is certainly a need for a careful, fair minded review and critique of the many pseudosciences. Unfortunately this is not .......2006-02-02

There is certainly a need for a careful, fair minded review and critique of the many pseudosciences. Unfortunately this is not that book.

The Paranormal and Pseudoscience is sadly superficial, biased, unbalanced and incomplete. Here are two examples

Hines reduces humanistic psychology-a multifaceted, multidimensional a school-to a definition of Rogerian therapy (and a poor definition at that) and lists multiple misunderstandings of Rogerian therapy which he goes on to critique. He then equates the field of humanistic psychology with the worst of the excesses of the human potential movement. Consequently, the critique cannot really be considered an analysis of humanistic psychology per se, although the author does not seem to recognize that. For a good overview of humanistic psychology see James Bugental & Kirk Schneider (Eds.) Handbook of Humanistic Psychology.

Turning to parapsychology, Hines gives a partial, selective and biased review of the voluminous research on this topic. He selects one of the arch critics, Hyman, who is notorious for giving erroneous critiques, as his spokesperson. It would not be so bad if there was also a balanced presentation of the research, but there is not. Virtually none of the many meta analyses that have found such surprisingly positive results for both clairvoyance and psychokenesis are mentioned. For a far more comprehensive and accurate book, see Dean Radin's The Conscious Universe (1997). For a balanced analysis, pro and con, see the 2003 issue of The Journal of Consciousness Studies titled "Psi Wars."

Hines gives some appropriately devastating critiques of some of the pseudo- sciences. Unfortunately the book cannot be counted as trustworthy, and people looking for balanced assessments of the paranormal and pseudosciences should look elsewhere.
R. Elliott, A contemplative reader

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For courses in Introductory Psychology, Critical Thinking and Scientific Reasoning.

This topically organized text integrates naturally with the flow of all introductory psychology courses presenting the differences between science and pseudoscience in a fun and interesting way. Timothy Lawson uses original sources to address the numerous pseudoscientific claims that students are exposed to through the media, the Internet and pop psychology books.

The art of imagining UFOs: the search for images of spaceships in European paintings provides an important lesson for all paranormal enthusiasts--do your ... An article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)

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Belief in pseudoscience and the paranormal widespread and growing according to the national science foundation study. (News).: An article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)

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Belief in pseudoscience and the paranormal widespread and growing according to the national science foundation study. (News).: An article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)

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This digital document is an article from Skeptic (Altadena, CA), published by Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine on December 22, 2002. The length of the article is 962 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Belief in pseudoscience and the paranormal widespread and growing according to the national science foundation study. (News).
Publication: Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 2002
Publisher: Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine
Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Page: 14(2)

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Educating believers: research demonstrates that courses in skepticism can effectively decrease belief in the paranormal.: An article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)

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Educating believers: research demonstrates that courses in skepticism can effectively decrease belief in the paranormal.: An article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)
Michael J. Dougherty
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This digital document is an article from Skeptic (Altadena, CA), published by Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine on January 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2726 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Educating believers: research demonstrates that courses in skepticism can effectively decrease belief in the paranormal.
Author: Michael J. Dougherty
Publication: Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2004
Publisher: Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine
Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Page: 31(5)

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Examining the psychology of belief.(Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, 2d ed.)(Book Review) : An article from: Skeptical Inquirer

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Examining the psychology of belief.(Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, 2d ed.)(Book Review) : An article from: Skeptical Inquirer
David Ludden
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This digital document is an article from Skeptical Inquirer, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1579 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Examining the psychology of belief.(Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, 2d ed.)(Book Review)
Author: David Ludden
Publication: Skeptical Inquirer (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
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Volume: 30 Issue: 1 Page: 59(3)

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Science literacy and belief in the paranormal--an empirical test.(News): An article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)

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Science literacy and belief in the paranormal--an empirical test.(News): An article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA)
Travis J. Ryan , Jessica Brown , Angela Johnson , Colin Sanberg , and Megan Schildmier
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This digital document is an article from Skeptic (Altadena, CA), published by Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine on January 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1195 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Science literacy and belief in the paranormal--an empirical test.(News)
Author: Travis J. Ryan
Publication: Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2004
Publisher: Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine
Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Page: 12(2)

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Pseudoscience and the Paranormal

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