Fire Breathing Dinosaurs The Hilarious History Of Creationist Pseudoscience At Its Silliest

Author : Philip J. Senter
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781527531383

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Fire-Breathing Dinosaurs? The Hilarious History of Creationist Pseudoscience at Its Silliest by Philip J. Senter Pdf

A dinosaur book like no other, this irreverent chronicle of science and pseudoscience takes the reader on a journey through numerous bizarre ideas about ancient reptiles. Were dragon legends inspired by human encounters with fire-breathing dinosaurs? Do the Bible and other ancient works of literature and art depict dinosaurs? Astoundingly, those and other strange notions have infiltrated grade-school science textbooks. This exposé unmasks the errors that underlie such notions and reveals the science that flattens them, while treating readers to explanations of rocket fuel, nuclear power plants, the electric eel’s shocking capabilities, and how the young-Earth creationist position contradicts the very scripture that it strives to uphold. Finding humor in absurdity, the book shows fans of science, religious studies, folklore, and fire that young-Earth creationist dinosaur pseudoscience is deeply comic once one gets to know it properly.

Author : Philip J. Senter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-08-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 162731153X

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The Real Story of Dinosaurs and Dragons by Philip J. Senter Pdf

Are there dinosaurs in the Bible? Are dragon legends based on human encounters with fire-breathing dinosaurs? A vast and ever-growing body of literature proclaims that the answer to both these questions is yes. Dinosaurs & Dragons takes readers on a madcap journey through science, folklore, and anti-evolution propaganda to explore the origin and evolution of these ideas and how we know they're wrong. The journey begins with the origin of the dragon in ancient myth and continues through the astounding fossil discoveries of more recent times. Dr. Senter examines a plethora of bizarre claims about dinosaurs and uses knowledge from modern scholarship to set the record straight. He also explores proposed mechanisms for fire-breathing in dinosaurs and tries them in a court of science. Along the way, readers are treated to explanations of rocket fuel, nuclear power plants, carnival fire-eating, the electric eel's shocking capabilities, and what's up a crocodile's nose. Written in a playful spirit of discovery, Dinosaurs & Dragons entertains as it promotes evidence-based reasoning and illustrates the differences between science and anti-evolution hype.

Author : Carolyn J. Boulter,Michael J. Reiss,Dawn L. Sanders
Publisher : Springer
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462098336

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Darwin-Inspired Learning by Carolyn J. Boulter,Michael J. Reiss,Dawn L. Sanders Pdf

Charles Darwin has been extensively analysed and written about as a scientist, Victorian, father and husband. However, this is the first book to present a carefully thought out pedagogical approach to learning that is centered on Darwin’s life and scientific practice. The ways in which Darwin developed his scientific ideas, and their far reaching effects, continue to challenge and provoke contemporary teachers and learners, inspiring them to consider both how scientists work and how individual humans ‘read nature’. Darwin-inspired learning, as proposed in this international collection of essays, is an enquiry-based pedagogy, that takes the professional practice of Charles Darwin as its source. Without seeking to idealise the man, Darwin-inspired learning places importance on: • active learning • hands-on enquiry • critical thinking • creativity • argumentation • interdisciplinarity. In an increasingly urbanised world, first-hand observations of living plants and animals are becoming rarer. Indeed, some commentators suggest that such encounters are under threat and children are living in a time of ‘nature-deficit’. Darwin-inspired learning, with its focus on close observation and hands-on enquiry, seeks to re-engage children and young people with the living world through critical and creative thinking modeled on Darwin’s life and science.

Author : Adrian Bejan,J. Peder Zane
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307744340

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Design in Nature by Adrian Bejan,J. Peder Zane Pdf

In this groundbreaking book, Adrian Bejan takes the recurring patterns in nature—trees, tributaries, air passages, neural networks, and lightning bolts—and reveals how a single principle of physics, the constructal law, accounts for the evolution of these and many other designs in our world. Everything—from biological life to inanimate systems—generates shape and structure and evolves in a sequence of ever-improving designs in order to facilitate flow. River basins, cardiovascular systems, and bolts of lightning are very efficient flow systems to move a current—of water, blood, or electricity. Likewise, the more complex architecture of animals evolve to cover greater distance per unit of useful energy, or increase their flow across the land. Such designs also appear in human organizations, like the hierarchical “flowcharts” or reporting structures in corporations and political bodies. All are governed by the same principle, known as the constructal law, and configure and reconfigure themselves over time to flow more efficiently. Written in an easy style that achieves clarity without sacrificing complexity, Design in Nature is a paradigm-shifting book that will fundamentally transform our understanding of the world around us.

Author : Gregory Bassham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Critical thinking
ISBN : 0071101543

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Critical Thinking by Gregory Bassham Pdf

Through the use of humour, fun exercises, and a plethora of innovative and interesting selections from writers such as Dave Barry, Al Franken, J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as from the film 'The Matrix', this text hones students' critical thinking skills.

Author : Brian Forbes
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781617394287

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From Noah to Hercules by Brian Forbes Pdf

How far back does history go? What did the inventers of writing say about where people come from? How could anyone believe in the pagan gods? Why do so many cultures have a seven-day week? Does history repeat itself? What could we read to find this stuff out? And what about those gods of Greece? Who thought of them, and what made their beliefs strong enough to spend vast sums to honor them, even across language barriers? What about Noah and his flood? What about Babel? How do they all fit together? In From Noah to Hercules, Brian Forbes answers these questions by investigating various accounts of the origins of mankind. Forbes draws on Scripture, history, and science to argue that many gods and mythical figures from civilizations past were actually historic figures. Forbes goes on to conclude that many mythological stories are historically accurate if you remove some of the more fantastic elements. Forbes offers a fascinating account of early man based on ancient history and mythology. He will change the way you think about our history and our ancestors.

Author : Lee Moller
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781525506802

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The God Con by Lee Moller Pdf

The crucifix is in! You can fool most of the people most of the time. In The God Con, Lee Moller, a life-long atheist and skeptic, looks at organized religion through the lens of the con. Organized religion has been selling an invisible product, that it never has to deliver, for thousands of years. It has given us bigotry, rampant pedophilia, terrorism, and bloodshed beyond imagining. And its acolytes have, in turn, given organized religion power over their bank accounts, their reproduction, and their very “souls”.

Author : Kelly James Clark
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781137414816

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Religion and the Sciences of Origins by Kelly James Clark Pdf

This concise introduction to science and religion focuses on Christianity and modern Western science (the epicenter of issues in science and religion in the West) with a concluding chapter on Muslim and Jewish Science and Religion. This book also invites the reader into the relevant literature with ample quotations from original texts.

Author : Bradley Harris Dowden
Publisher : Bradley Dowden
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Critical thinking
ISBN : 0534176887

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Logical Reasoning by Bradley Harris Dowden Pdf

This book is designed to engage students' interest and promote their writing abilities while teaching them to think critically and creatively. Dowden takes an activist stance on critical thinking, asking students to create and revise arguments rather than simply recognizing and criticizing them. His book emphasizes inductive reasoning and the analysis of individual claims in the beginning, leaving deductive arguments for consideration later in the course.

Author : Joseph Raphael Becker
Publisher : Imaginarium Press, LLC
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0997806605

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Annabelle and Aiden in the Story of Life by Joseph Raphael Becker Pdf

In this inspirational storybook written in rhyme, Annabelle asks "Why do we look, the way that we do? With hands and feet, in neat sets of two? What made my eyes? And what made my nose? And the shape of my body, from my head to my toes?" A wise owl answers with the amazing story of Darwinian evolution, and perhaps more importantly, what we can learn from it: to be kind to one another, as we are all related in the same family tree.

Author : Jason Long
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780595341825

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Biblical Nonsense by Jason Long Pdf

The Bible is not the word of God. Biblical Nonsense is a broad look at the tremendous problem of associating divinity with the world's most popular book. This part-philosophical, part-scientific overview explores the Bible's divine treachery, scientific mistakes, historical errors, false prophecies, and comical absurdities. Biblical Nonsense also expands beyond these standard reasons for skepticism by tackling the rationale behind the emergence and perpetuation of Christianity, psychological and sociocultural reasons that drive Christians to cling to their beliefs, and illogical methods of argumentation invoked in the defense of the Bible. Author Dr. Jason Long is a former Christian who condenses the most significant biblical problems into this single volume. Unlike other books in the field that delve into only one topic, this manuscript, comprehensible even to those who have never opened a Bible, is a full-fledged attempt to demonstrate that God's supposed word is a product of human minds, not divine inspiration. Dr. Long's fresh experiences in the church and advanced levels of educational enlightenment make him the perfect individual to present this vehemently unpopular, yet undeniably appealing topic.

Author : Michael J. Behe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Evolution (Biology)
ISBN : 0684827549

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Darwin's Black Box by Michael J. Behe Pdf

Behe argues that the complexity of cellular biochemistry argues against Darwin's gradual evolution.

Author : Schick, Jr. (Theodore),Lewis Vaughn
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Critical thinking
ISBN : 0071289569

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How to Think about Weird Things by Schick, Jr. (Theodore),Lewis Vaughn Pdf

This brief, inexpensive text helps the reader to think critically, using examples from the weird claims and beliefs that abound in our culture to demonstrate the sound evaluation of any claim. The authors focus on types of logical arguments and proofs, making How to Think about Weird Things a versatile supplement for logic, critical thinking, philosophy of science, or any other science appreciation courses.

Author : Eric Lerner
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1992-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780679740490

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The Big Bang Never Happened by Eric Lerner Pdf

A mesmerizing challenge to orthodox cosmology with powerful implications not only for cosmology itself but also for our notions of time, God, and human nature -- with a new Preface addressing the latest developments in the field. Far-ranging and provocative, The Big Bang Never Happened is more than a critique of one of the primary theories of astronomy -- that the universe appeared out of nothingness in a single cataclysmic explosion ten to twenty billion years ago. Drawing on new discoveries in particle physics and thermodynamics as well as on readings in history and philosophy, Eric J. Lerner confronts the values behind the Big Bang theory: the belief that mathematical formulae are superior to empirical observation; that the universe is finite and decaying; and that it could only come into being through some outside force. With inspiring boldness and scientific rigor, he offers a brilliantly orchestrated argument that generates explosive intellectual debate.

Author : Michael Alan Park
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0072994681

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Introducing Anthropology by Michael Alan Park Pdf