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Names: McIntyre, Lee C., author.
Title: The scientific attitude : defending science from denial, fraud, and pseudoscience / Lee McIntyre.
Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018037628 | ISBN 9780262039833 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Science—Social aspects. | Science—Methodology. | Pseudoscience.
Classification: LCC Q175.5 .M3955 2019 | DDC 306.4/5—dc23
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