How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions 9780007382071, 0007382073

An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Fr

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How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions
9780007382071, 0007382073

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