Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science Among the 178 stitches in

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Its return to print will delight a new generation of knitting enthusiasts

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Subsequent problems teach you to make brooches set with stones

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Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science Among the 178 stitches in"Although we are amused, we may also be embarrassed to find our friends or even ourselves among the gullible advocates of plausible sounding doubletalk." Saturday Review "A very able and even tempered presentation." New Yorker This witty and engaging book examines the various fads, fallacies, strange cults, and curious panaceas which at one time or another have masqueraded as science. Not just a collection of anecdotes but a fair, reasoned appraisal