{"product_id":"on-the-wild-side-paperback-1","title":"On the Wild Side - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have always been intrigued by fringe science,\" writes Martin Gardner in the preface to this book, \"perhaps for the same reason that I enjoy freak shows and circuses. Pseudoscientists, especially the extreme cranks, are fascinating creatures for psychological study. Moreover, I have found that one of the best ways to learn something about any branch of science is to find out where its crackpots go wrong.\"A unique combination of horse sense and drollery has made Martin Gardner the undisputed dean of the critics of pseudoscience. This bountiful collection of essays and articles will be wholeheartedly greeted by Gardner's fans, as well as by new readers.This collection of articles - many of which first appeared in the Skeptical Inquirer, the New York Review of Books, and Free Inquiry - explores pseudoscience and strange religious beliefs with the author's trademark wit and verve. Destined to be a classic of skeptical literature, this book covers a wide range of topics - including UFOs, rainmaking, ghosts, the Big Bang, ESP, Oral Roberts, as well as the early history of spiritualism and today's bizarre \"trance channeling\" cults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Gardner \u003c\/b\u003e(1914 - 2010), the creator of \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Mathematical Games\" column, which he wrote for more than twenty-five years, was the author of almost one hundred books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Annotated Night Before Christmas, The Annotated Snark, Martin Gardner's Favorite Poetic Parodies, From the Wandering Jew to William F. Buckley Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eScience: Good, Bad and Bogus\u003c\/i\u003e. For many years he was also a contributing editor to the \u003ci\u003eSkeptical Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426811986098,"sku":"9781591021155","price":25.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/51b13f3672582eabc20de1293aba2014.webp?v=1778517775","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/on-the-wild-side-paperback-1","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}