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1. Enfants, chercheurs et citoyens by Leon Lederman, Georges Charpak | |
Paperback: 278
Pages
(1998-11-04)
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2. Devenez Sorciers, Devenez Savants by Georges Charpak, Henri Broch | |
Hardcover: 222
Pages
(2002-09-13)
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3. Feux follets et champignons nucléaires by Georges Charpak | |
Paperback: 446
Pages
(2000-08-12)
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4. Wissenschaft zum Anfassen by Georges Charpak | |
Perfect Paperback: 136
Pages
(2007-02-28)
Isbn: 3589252715 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
5. Was macht der Fakir auf dem Nagelbrett? by Georges Charpak | |
Hardcover: 255
Pages
(2005-09-30)
Isbn: 3492048161 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
6. Research on Particle Imaging Detectors: Localization of Lonizing Radiators (World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics) | |
Hardcover: 650
Pages
(1995-10)
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7. La vie à fil tendu by Georges Charpak, Dominique Saudinos | |
Mass Market Paperback: 213
Pages
(1994-09-01)
Isbn: 2253135720 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
8. Exposed!: Ouija, Firewalking, and Other Gibberish by Henri Broch | |
Hardcover: 168
Pages
(2009-07-14)
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Editorial Review Product Description From horoscopes to telekinesis to the Shroud of Turin, much of what is popularly accepted as a mystical or paranormal phenomenon is, in fact, bunk. Henri Broch's charged deconstruction of these and other acts reveals the hucksterism of pseudoscience. Broch provides a scientific explanation for what many accept as supernatural or psychic. He explains how some tricks, such as bending silverware with the mind, actually work. He details plausible, scientifically grounded alternative explanations for others, such as dowsing, which is the practice of finding by nonscientific means hidden veins of water, gems, metals, and other materials under the earth. Broch's hands-on experiments demystify the mysterious and explain the inexplicable. Featuring a foreword by Nobel laureate Georges Charpak and translated from French by Bart K. Holland, this persuasively argued and firmly scientific book exposes some of history's most persistent bamboozling. Be forewarned, you may never be taken in again! Customer Reviews (27)
Pathetically Titled
A fine survey not just of these 'facts' but of the process of scientific investigation, proof and fallacy
Is Paranormal Balderdash?
The Scientific Method in Action
Interesting subject marred by this book |
9. Debunked!: ESP, Telekinesis, and Other Pseudoscience by Georges Charpak, Henri Broch | |
Hardcover: 168
Pages
(2004-03-25)
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Editorial Review Product Description Using only the simplest of science, the authors explore the effectiveness of horoscopes—theblander the better—and why, with a television audience in the millions, any strange, unlikelyprediction is almost certain to come true. If such insider information does not impress yourcolleagues, why not pierce your tongue with a skewer or demonstrate your eerie powers by usingtelepathy and the telephone to get a distant friend to intuit the number and suit of a card picked atrandom. Charpak and Broch show you how. Not merely an expose of magic tricks, this book demonstrates how pseudoscientists use science,statistics, and psychology to bamboozle an audience—sometimes for fun, sometimes for profit.During the most scientifically advanced period in human history, belief in the paranormal and thesupernatural is alarmingly common. Entertaining and enlightening, Debunked! is theantidote, vigorously asserting the virtues of doubt, skepticism, curiosity, and scientificknowledge. This lucid translation makes the arguments clear, understandable, and a pleasure toread. Customer Reviews (6)
What about the human factor
What about the human factor
explains mechanics, not people
Debunked!
Chaotic! |
10. Biography - Charpak, Georges (1924-): An article from: Contemporary Authors by Gale Reference Team | |
Digital: 5
Pages
(2004-01-01)
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11. Georges Charpak | |
Paperback: 76
Pages
(2010-10-21)
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12. Espci Paristech Faculty: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Paul Langevin, Georges Charpak, Jacques Lewiner, Paul Schützenberger, Ludwik Leibler | |
Paperback: 32
Pages
(2010-09-15)
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13. Megawatts and Megatons: The Future of Nuclear Power and by Richard L. Garwin, Georges Charpak | |
Paperback: 428
Pages
(2002-12-15)
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Fantastic Introduction for the Intellectual
Great Book
Cross-spectrum discussion of nuclear policy
Drop the politics and increase the economic sensibilities...
Different subtitles, same book? |
14. Megawatts and Megatons: A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age? by Richard L. Garwin, Georges Charpak | |
Hardcover: 432
Pages
(2001-10-02)
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Good look at the international scene
Different subtitles, same book?
Comprehensive, Sci, American level treatment of nuke power The book compares the success of nuclear power-plants in France (where reactors produce 80% of the electricity) with the perceived failures in execution in the US. The authors consider both direct (once through) disposal and reprocessed fuel cycles, outlining costs in energy and radioactivity release of both, and the mixed French experience with reprocessing and breeders. They note that advanced reprocessing has the potential to reduce waste volume and long-term radioactivity, at the expense of doubling release today (p. 198). They advocate research into uranium separation from sea-water, noting that early experiments are very promising that this can meet growing power needs for hundreds of years. Of course, what we really need are about 40 years of growth to bridge the world to a mix of fully sustainable electricity sources and to take up the growing slack from declining oil+natural gas. The authors first consider the bridging contribution of coal, arguing (p. 232) that CO2 sequestration is certainly feasible at the cost of reducing power-plant net energy output by 30-50%. Coupled with oil+gas decline, sequestration would reduce anthropogenic CO2 generation to levels well below the lowest 2100 projection of the IPCC (perhaps explaining the seemingly comatose response of Cheney/Bush to the Kyoto process). They discuss reactor concepts like the inaccurately named "energy amplifier" sub-critical, accelerator assisted thorium concept of Rubbia, but less discussion of nearer term developments such as the pebble bed modular reactors that seemed until 4/02 to be on track in South Africa. Both approaches are said to attain passive safety. If such designs are not debugged urgently, we will have to depend on expanded use of derivatives from technically "ancient" light-water reactors derived from submarine power-plants. The authors also discuss opportunities for terrorists to divert enriched fuel from reprocessing and waste disposal, and note how attractive disposal sites will be for future warriors after all but the plutonium has decayed! They do not discuss the vulnerabilities of existing reactors, but do advocate burying the next generation of power-plants. A chapter on safety also advocates distributing potassium iodide tablets to saturate thyroids of those near power-plants undergoing "an incident"; failure to do this in a timely fashion at Chernobyl produced the criminally high incidence of childhood leukemia. (Until rationality overcomes PR, you can buy suitable KI on the Web. A single dose is useless!) They compare nuclear industry hazards to other industries, tabulating (p. 202) that the relative probability of dying from even a Chernobyl accident is minute compared to cardiovascular disease or "medical errors in hospitals". They discuss the effects of radiation at Chernobyl in detail. There are only a few typesetting errors, and a number of not funny cartoons; the illustrations are clear and useful. It is likely that for the next few decades, our choice in the US will be either a nuclear reactor within 50 miles or electricity rationing through extremely high prices. I plan to use this book in my upcoming college-freshman level energy course for non-science majors ..., and recommend it as a solid introduction to a complex but very real conundrum for our technically challenged society.
Accurate excerpt!? Excerpt from Megawatts and Megatons : A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age Chapter 1 ATOMS, ELECTRONS, AND NUCLEI All matter is an assembly of atoms. A liter of water, for example, contains about 1026 atoms of hydrogen and oxygen. Please, tell me it isn't so. If it were, we'd be able to see those atoms, wouldn't we? ... Read more |
15. Debunked by Georges Charpak | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(2004)
Asin: B002JLKPOY Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
16. Los ninos y la ciencia (Coleccion Ciencia Que Ladra...) (Spanish Edition) by Georges Charpak, Pierre Lena, Yves Quere | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(2006-01-01)
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17. Conviertase En Brujo Conviertase En Sabio (Spanish Edition) by Henri Broch, Georges Charpak | |
Paperback: 225
Pages
(2003-06)
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18. sed Sabios, Convertios En Profetas (Spanish Edition) by Georges Charpak, Rolando Omnes | |
Paperback: 264
Pages
(2005-03)
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19. DE TCHERNOBYL EN TCHERNOBYLS by RICHARD L. GARWIN, VENANCE JOURNE GEORGES CHARPAK | |
Paperback: 568
Pages
(2005-11-08)
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20. Manos a la obra. Las ciencias en la escuela primaria (Spanish Edition) by Charpak, Georges | |
Paperback: 144
Pages
(2005-01-01)
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