Bartholomew, Robert E. <br/><br/>
Hoaxes, myths, and manias :  why we need critical thinking / 
Robert E. Bartholomew, Benjamin Radford. 
 - Amherst, N.Y. :  Prometheus Books,  2003. 
 - 229 p. :  ill., map ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> broad picture --  Why develop a critical eye --  American picture --  Was there really a Martian panic in 1938 --  Roswell "flying saucer" crash of 1947 --  Mad Gasser of Mattoon : press creation of an imaginary criminal --  New England's great airship hoax --  cross-cultural picture --  What is normal --  Latah : strange mental disorder or exotic custom --  Exploring tolerance : religious devoutness or bizarre ritual --  Genital-shrinking scares --  historical picture --  10. The  dancing mania of the middle ages --  jumping Frenchmen of Maine --  birthplace of the flying saucer --  England's black helicopters --  India' monkey man mania --  How to recognize mass delusions.  pt. 1. The  1.  pt. 2. The  2.  3. The  4. The  5.  pt. 3. The  6.  7.  8.  9.  pt. 4. The  11. The  12. The  13.  14.  15. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1591020484 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002036721 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Secondary)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF441  / .B297 2003