“robert ehrlich”

AIDS is not caused by HIV. Coal and oil are not fossil fuels. Radiation exposure is good for you. These ideas make headlines, but most educated people scoff at them. Yet some of science's most important concepts from gravity to evolution have surfaced from the pool of crazy ideas. Here, a well-known... More

Placebo cures. Global warming. Extraterrestrial life. Psychokinesis. In a time when scientific claims can sound as strange as science fiction—and can have a profound effect on individual life or public policy—assessing the merits of a far-out, supposedly scientific idea can be as difficult as it... More

This collection of over 100 examples of simple physics demonstrations and experiments seeks to dispel the myths that Physics in highly abstract, dauntingly complex, user-unfriendly, and remote from everyday life. Intentionally using “low-tech” and inexpensive materials from everyday life, this b... More

"Physicist Robert Ehrlich has come up with a lovely idea for a discussion of how science works. His book is a light-hearted treatment of bizarre-but-not-manifestly-impossible ideas that have burdened scientific literature over the past decades. What is valuable is that Ehrlich uses scientific method... More

"Robert Ehrlich's "Eight Preposterous Propositions," the sequel to his cleverly conceived and brilliantly executed "Nine Crazy Ideas in Science," is sure to both infuriate and delight readers at the same time! If there isn't something in this book that you already agree and disagree with then you wi... More

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What if the earth were square? Discover the amazing answers to some cooland weird questions about our world * What if the earth stopped spinning? * What if we could see sounds? * What if the moon fell down? * What if aliens landed and only wanted to talk to dogs? Bizarre brainteasers and ingeniou... More

Here is a collection of physics demonstrations costing very little to produce yet illustrating key concepts in amazingly simple and playful ways. Intended for instructors, students, and curious lay readers, these demonstrations make use of easily accessible, everyday items and will serve a wide rang... More