Don't You Believe It!: Exposing the Myths Behind 250 Commonly Believed Fallacies Contributor(s): Reich, Herb W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 160239766X ISBN-13: 9781602397668 Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2010 Annotation: The author debunks 200 common widely accepted believes and shows why each is simply wrong. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Reference | Curiosities & Wonders - Reference | Trivia - History | Reference |
Dewey: 031.02 |
LCCN: 2009032609 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.58" W x 8.3" (0.86 lbs) 176 pages |
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Publisher Description: Our cherished culturally shared beliefs stem from a variety of sources, many of which propagate old wives' tales, myths, self-serving fantasies, innocent fallacies, or sheer nonsense. History is replete with stories of great men and events that either never happened or didn't happen the way we were told they did. Such items are part of our common knowledge. They are taught in schools. They are passed down to us by our families and friends and have become part of shared cultural knowledge, accepted without question. And they are wrong. Here, Herb Reich explodes 200 myths that you probably accept as fact, including:
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