The undergrowth of science: delusion, self-deception and human frailty

Abstract

Introduction. Chapter 1: Blondlot and the N-Rays. Chapter 2: Paradigms Enow: Some Mirages of Biology Gurwitsch and his Mitogenic Radiation The curse of the death-ray Abderhalden and the protective enzymes The case of the amorous toad Memory transfer, or eat your mathematics. Chapter 3: Aberrations of Physics: Irving Langmuir Investigates Capturing Electrons Allison's magneto-optical effect Langmuir's rules. Chapter 4: Nor Any Drop to Drink: the tale of polywater. Chapter 5: The Wilder Shores of Credulity. Chapter 6: Energy Unlimited. Chapter 7: What the Doctor Ordered. Chapter 8: Science, Chauvinism and Bigotry. Chapter 9: A Climate of Fear The tragedy of Soviet genetics The spread of the contagion Soviet physics: idealism, pragmatism and the bomb Is there a Marxist chemistry? Chapter 10: Science in the Third Reich: Bigotry, Racism and Extinction The roots of fascist biology The Ahnenerbe: Himmler the intellectual Die. Deutsche Physik, its friends and enemies A de

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