Unscientific claims wrongly presented as scientific

Science vs. junk science / Robert Whelan, Director, Committee on Population & the Economy.

xi, 333 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Did Adam and Eve have navels? : debunking pseudoscience / Martin Gardner.

Discarded science  / John Grant.

1 volume (6 unnumbered pages) : black and white illustrations ; 14 x 19 cm folded to 14 x 7 cm

Trans*'pataphysics : what is it and how can you get that shit working for you? / document prepared by Morgan Sea 'PhD.

Philosophy of pseudoscience : reconsidering the demarcation problem / edited by Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry.

304 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm

Bogus science / John Grant.

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Did Adam and Eve have navels? : debunking pseudoscience / Martin Gardner.

Discarded science / John Grant.

Trans*'pataphysics : what is it and how can you get that shit working for you? / document prepared by Morgan Sea 'PhD.

Philosophy of pseudoscience : reconsidering the demarcation problem / edited by Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry.

Bogus science / John Grant.