Michael D. Gordin, The Pseudo-science Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Pp. x+291. ISBN 978-0-226-30442-7. £18.50

Simone Turchetti

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Michael D. Gordin, The Pseudo-science Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Pp. x+291. ISBN 978-0-226-30442-7. £18.50 [Book Review]

British Journal for the History of Science 47 (2):386-387 (2014)

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