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" Weird science and bizarre beliefs : "
Gregory L. Reece.
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BL
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1000896
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b755266
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Reece, Gregory L.,1967-
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Weird science and bizarre beliefs : : mysterious creatures, lost worlds, and amazing inventions /\ Gregory L. Reece.
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London ;New York :: I.B. Tauris ;New York :: In the United States of America and Canada, distributed by Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
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1 online resource (x, 238 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0857717871
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: 144161608X
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: 9780857717870
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: 9781441616081
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9781845117566
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
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| Contents
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Bigfoot -- Cryptozoology -- The spirit of Sasquatch -- Lost worlds -- The hollow earth -- Ancient wonders -- Tesla technology.
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Does the giant Yeti roam the mountain ranges of Tibet? Does a real-life Shangri-La lie waiting to be discovered in a Himalayan valley? Do transmissions from lost civilizations beam messages of salvation to humankind? What lost creatures lurk in the murky depths of Scotland's brooding Loch Ness? And who - or what - is responsible for the implacable monoliths which tower over Easter Island? The obsession that so many now have with the uncanny and unnatural is itself a mystery. It prompts serious questions which could have remarkable answers. Drinking deep from the wells of esoteric knowledge, Gr.
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Fantasy.
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Pseudoscience.
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Science, Popular works.
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Fantasy.
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Pseudoscience.
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SCIENCE-- Essays.
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SCIENCE-- Nanoscience.
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SCIENCE-- Reference.
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Science.
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500
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Q172.5.P77R44 2009eb
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