The Fringe of the Unknown [Paperback]

L.Sprague De Camp (Author)

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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Prometheus Books (19 April 1983)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0879752173
ISBN-13: 978-0879752170
Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 1.6 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,889,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Here is a fascinating study by L Sprague de Camp of controversial and often little-known happenings in science and technology, with an emphasis on the wayward activities of those who dabble in fringe science.

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read before watching TV "documentaries" 3 April 2011

By Nazani - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback

Disappointed in all the TV shows that purport to investigate monster sightings, ancient mysteries, and fringe science? Odd are good that De Camp has already covered your favorite topic, and can clarify for you what is known, what is unknowable, what is plausible, and what is pure hoax.
Part 1: Our ingenious forefathers. Mysterious technologies of the ancients.
Part 2: Beasts of now and then. Oddities and controversies in biology, cryptozoology, extinctions.
Part 3: Scientists, mad and otherwise. How to tell the eccentric from the insane, and how to distinguish real science from pseudoscience.
208 pages.

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