common fallacies

Presents common beliefs about battles and wars, discussing whether they are fact or fiction.

Explores popular myths, legends, sayings and notions about pirates.

Explains how many common misconceptions are incorrect.

An encyclopedic compendium of facts, images, and infographics brings familiar topics to life and helps readers discover fun-filled trivia and statistics in a range of subjects, from science and history, to culture and the natural world.

Explores more than one hundred tall tales, suspicious stories, and urban myths, revealing how each has been disproven, with facts about myth origins, historical significance, and how they were investigated by scientific debunkers.

Collection of commonly believed fallacies, misconceptions,and misstatements; and looks at how they originated and provides factual replies.

Identifies more than 1,700 common misconceptions about science and nature and discusses their origins, from incomplete reasoning to sensory misperception.

Describes how information and ideas about prehistoric dinosaurs are constantly changing as new discoveries are made.

A humorous take on hundreds of historical legends and debacles, including the ride of Samuel Prescott into Concord, not Paul Revere. Includes the only time Isaac Newton spoke in Parliament, and it was to ask that a window be opened. Students of history, and those who could care less about history, will find the "facts" they have been taught are not always factual, but more fanciful.

A collection of alphabetized entries on common misconceptions, flawed facts and half-truths.