Voodoo Science

Voodoo Science:
The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
Cover of the first edition
AuthorsRobert L. Park
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsScience, Pseudoscience
Published2000
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication placeUK & USA
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages230
ISBN0-19-860443-2
TextVoodoo Science:
The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
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Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud[1] is a book published in 2000 by physics professor Robert L. Park, critical of research that falls short of adhering to the scientific method. Other people have used the term "voodoo science",[2][3] but amongst academics it is most closely associated with Park.[4] Park offers no explanation as to why he appropriated the word voodoo to describe the four categories detailed below.[1] The book is critical of, among other things, homeopathy, cold fusion and the International Space Station.[5]

  1. ^ a b Park, Robert L (2000), Voodoo Science: The road from foolishness to fraud, Oxford, U.K. & New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-860443-2, retrieved 14 November 2010
  2. ^ Oversight Hearing on the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency. United States Congress. 1984. Retrieved 16 October 2011. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ William Booth. (1988). Voodoo Science. Science. New Series. Vol. 240, No. 4850. pp. 274-277.
  4. ^ "Voodoo Science". The Skeptic's Dictionary.
  5. ^ Ed Regis. (2000)."Theres One Born Every Minute [sic]". The New York Times.