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100 1 $aRothman, Milton A.
245 12 $aA physicist's guide to skepticism :$bapplying laws of physics to faster-than-light travel, psychic phenomena, telepathy, time travel, UFO's, and other pseudoscientific claims /$cMilton A. Rothman.
260 $aBuffalo, N.Y. :$bPrometheus Books,$c©1988.
300 $a247 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPt. 1: Beliefs and Disputations : Everybody's a philosopher -- How do you know perpetual motion is impossible? -- How do you know you can't make energy out of nothing? -- Pt. 2: Models of Reality: Particles : Atomic model -- Particle model -- Standard model -- Pt. 3: Models of Reality: Quantum Theory : Quantum model -- Bell Theorem -- Quantum theory and reality -- Pt. 4: Interactions : Nothing happens without an interaction -- Types of interactions -- Rules for interactions -- Verification of conservation laws -- Are there new and unknown interactions? -- Pt. 5: Laws of Permission and Laws of Denial : Fundamental laws of physics -- Laws of permission: Limitations -- Laws of denial: Precision -- Pt. 6: Reductionism, Prediction, and the Laws of Denial -- Pt. 7: Verification and Falsification : Existence proofs -- Falsification -- Occam's Razor -- Pt. 8: Living Skeptically : Proper skepticism -- Answering questions -- Fantasy and reality -- Impossibilties -- Epilogue -- Why Things Can't Go Faster Than Light : Unique and constant speed of light -- Simultaneity and the time dilation -- Geometry of spacetime -- Consequences of instanteous communication.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aRothman, Milton A.$tPhysicist's guide to skepticism.$dBuffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, ©1988$w(OCoLC)569508727
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