Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the UnknownMacmillan, 1 апр. 2010 г. - Всего страниц: 336 Bestselling author Michael Shermer delves into the unknown, from heretical ideas about the boundaries of the universe to Star Trek's lessons about chance and time |
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... explained . " Nor do they deceive in particulars ... but from a corrupt and crookedly - set predisposition of the mind ; which doth , as it were , wrest and infect all the anticipations of the understanding . " Consider the analogy of a ...
... D impossible - crate illusion explained . Camera angle is every- thing ! Figure 1.7 ( above left ) . An unmistakable feature on Mars photographed by a NASA spacecraft in 1976 . Figure 1.9 . The " happy face " on Mars. Introduction \\ xvii.
... explained that this was nothing more than a chance overlap between two populations : 1 percent of American women have silicone breast implants , 1 percent of American women have autoimmune or degenerative tissue diseases . With millions ...
... explained how " a lawyer questioning an epidemiologist in a deposition asked him why he was undertaking a study of breast implants when one had already been done . To the lawyer , a second study clearly implied that there was something ...
... explained . As she watched the TT tape , she reports , " I was nearly ' mesmerized by seeing nurses like my mom wav- ing their hands through the air . I asked her if I could test TT instead ( and just eat the M & Ms ) . " Of course ...
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