Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science

7 best books like Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science (Paul R. Gross): Desert Solitaire, Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History, The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths, Maldoror and Poems, Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture, A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock, The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

Desert Solitaire

Author	Edward Abbey
ISBN	0345326490

First published in 1968, Desert Solitaire is one of Edward Abbey’s most critically acclaimed works and marks his first foray into the world of nonfiction writing. Written while Abbey was working as a ranger at Arches National Park outside of Moab, Utah, Desert Solitaire is a rare view of one man’s...

Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

Author	Stephen Jay Gould
ISBN	0393308189

More than any other modern scientists, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate the realm of science.

Ever Since Darwin,...

The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

Author	Michael Shermer
ISBN	0805091254

The Believing Brain is bestselling author Michael Shermer's comprehensive and provocative theory on how beliefs are born, formed, reinforced, challenged, changed, and extinguished.

In this work synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist, historian of science, and the world's...

Maldoror and Poems

Author

Comte de Lautréamont

Alternate version of this book.

‘It is not right that everyone should read the pages which follow; only a few will be able to savour this bitter fruit with impunity.’

So wrote the self-styled Comte de Lautréamont (1846–70) at the beginning of this sensational Chants de Maldoror.

One...

Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture

Author	Alan Sokal
ISBN	0199239207

When physicist Alan Sokal revealed that his 1996 article, "Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity," published in Social Text, was a hoax, the ensuing scandal made the front page of the New York Times and caused an uproar amongst the post-modernists...

A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock

Author

Evelyn Fox Keller

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"The word 'understanding' and the particular meaning she attributed to it, is the cornerstone of Barbara McClintock's entire approach to science. For her, the smallest details provided the keys to the larger whole. It was her conviction that the closer her focus, the greater...

The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

Author	Douglas Murray
ISBN	1635579988

The challenging and brilliantly-argued new book from the bestselling author of The Strange Death of Europe.

In his devastating new book The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals...