The Book of Common Fallacies : Falsehoods, Misconceptions, Flawed Facts, and Half-Truths That Are Ruining Your Life

Everything you thought you knew was wrong! Long before Snopes.com and Wikipedia, The Book of Common Fallacies set out to debunk popular beliefs and set the record straight. By tracking down the facts and citing experts in a multitude of fields, Philip Ward points out the senseless ideas that we have come to accept as fact. Newly updated with today?s common misconceptions and available as a single-volume paperback for the first time, The Book of Common Fallacies exposes the truth behind hundreds of commonly held false beliefs An A-to-Z compendium of almost 500 pages of facts that are misleading, oversimplified, exaggerated, or just plain wrong. Long before Wikipedia, The Book of Common Fallacies set out to debunk popular beliefs and set the record straight. By tracking down the facts and citing experts in a multitude of fields, Philip Ward points out the senseless ideas that we have come to accept as fact. Youll be amazed and baffled and might think that everything you were ever taught was wrong. Do you believe All correct? NO, ALL WRONG! And those are just some of the As! Newly updated with todays common misconceptions and available as a single-volume paperback for the first time, The Book of Common Fallacies exposes the truth behind hundreds of commonly held false beliefs. An A-to-Z compendium of the misleading, the oversimplified, the exaggerated, and the just plain wrong. In an era when truth can be hard to track down, The Book of Common Fallacies debunks a wide variety of popular beliefs and set the record straight. By carefully researching the facts and citing experts in a multitude of fields, Philip Ward points out the senseless ideas that we have come to accept as fact. Newly updated with today’s popular misconceptions, The Book of Common Fallacies exposes the truth behind hundreds of commonly held false beliefs.

Long before Snopes.com and Wikipedia, The Book of Common Fallacies set out to debunk popular beliefs and set the record straight. By tracking down the facts and citing experts in a multitude of fields, Philip Ward points out the senseless ideas that we have come to accept as fact. Newly updated with today’s common misconceptions and available as a single-volume paperback for the first time, The Book of Common Fallacies exposes the truth behind hundreds of commonly held false beliefs.

"Explore the fun and the freaky, the unnerving and the fascinating in this collection of words of wisdom you always belived and norms you never questioned. Whether it's coming to terms with the fact that you can't trick a breathalyzer by sucking on a penny or mollifying your fear of shark attacks, [this book] holds many rare but essential learning and unlearning experiences for us all."--Back cover