Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Fact or Fiction 2: 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained

2 Anmeldelser

5

Længde
6T 34M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Fakta

The editors of Scientific American’s bestselling Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths return with Fact or Fiction 2: 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained.

In it, we cast an analytical eye on another collection of urban lore and cultural myths that persist so long in our collective consciousness they acquire a ring of truth. Who hasn’t heard the “five-second rule, ” which insists that food dropped on the floor is safe to eat if it’s picked up within five seconds? How many of us have been told by well-meaning relatives or friends to “feed a cold, starve a fever?”

Each article explores whether science can back up these and forty-eight other long-standing claims on a variety of topics including mind and brain, health and body, food, sustainability, and more. In some cases, such as whether a “base tan” protects against sunburn or people swallow eight spiders a year while they sleep, the explanation is relatively brief. Others, including whether diets work or if divorce is bad for children, require a little more digging. Either way, the science behind our mythology is surprising, fascinating, and—in the case of nocturnal spider-eating—reassuring.

© 2020 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781094075303

Release date

Lydbog: 27. oktober 2020

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths Scientific American
  2. The Science of Memory Scientific American
  3. The Science of Aging Scientific American
  4. Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology J. P. Moreland
  5. Future Minds: The Rise of Intelligence, from the Big Bang to the End of the Universe Richard Yonck
  6. The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human Adam Piore
  7. Block by Block: The Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Thermodynamics Robert T. Hanlon
  8. Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics Scott Rae
  9. Mapping Humanity: How Modern Genetics Is Changing Criminal Justice, Personalized Medicine, and Our Identities Joshua Z. Rappoport, PhD
  10. Robot Rules: Regulating Artificial Intelligence Jacob Turner
  11. Games for Your Mind: The History and Future of Logic Puzzles Jason Rosenhouse
  12. Destination Mars: The Story of our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet Andrew May
  13. Critical Thinking Jonathan Haber
  14. When AI Rules the World: China, the U.S., and the Race to Control a Smart Planet Handel Jones
  15. Robots: What Everyone Needs to Know Phil Husbands
  16. 50 Quantum Physics Questions In Plain Simple English: Simple And Easy Answers Without Math For Beginners Donald B. Grey
  17. Philosophy Made Slightly Less Difficult: A Beginner's Guide to Life's Big Questions J. P. Moreland
  18. Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Virtual Worlds: The Impact of Converging Technologies On Authors and the Publishing Industry Joanna Penn
  19. Robots John M. Jordan
  20. The Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature Peter M. Hacker
  21. Cannabis For Dummies Kim Ronkin Casey
  22. Machine Learning: Deep Learning, Text Analytics, and Reinforcement Learning with Big Data David Feldspar
  23. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics Timothy Gowers
  24. Human Physiology: A Very Short Introduction Jamie A. Davies
  25. The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God David J. Linden
  26. Broken Brains Ian Mitchell BSc, DPhil
  27. Virtue and the Making of Modern Liberalism Peter Berkowitz
  28. Google Cloud Cookbook: Practical Solutions for Building and Deploying Cloud Services, 1st Edition Rui Costa
  29. On Rumours: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done Cass R. Sunstein
  30. The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between: Volume II Patrick Foote
  31. Mind Shift: How Culture Transformed the Human Brain John Parrington
  32. Programming Interviews For Dummies Eric Butow
  33. U.S. Presidents For Dummies: 2nd Edition Marcus A. Stadelmann
  34. Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be Diane Coyle
  35. Ideas That Shaped Mankind Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet