charlatanism
21Value at risk — (VaR) is a maximum tolerable loss that could occur with a given probability within a given period of time. VaR is a widely applied concept to measure and manage many types of risk, although it is most commonly used to measure and manage the… …
22Michel Eugène Chevreul — Born 31 August 1786 …
23Martin Buber — Full name Martin Buber Born February 8, 1878 Vienna, Austria Died June 13, 1965(1965 06 13) (aged 87) Jerus …
24George Gissing — (IPAEng|ˈɡɪsɪŋ; November 22, 1857 ndash; December 28, 1903) was an English novelist who wrote twenty three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late… …
25Ancient astronaut theories — or paleocontact are various proposals that intelligent extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth and that this contact is linked to the origins or development of human cultures, technologies and/or religions. Some of these theories suggests that …
26Chariots of the Gods? — For the 1970 documentary film, see Chariots of the Gods (film). Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past   …
27Michel Roger Lafosse — (b. 21 April 1958, Watermael Boitsfort, Brussels, Belgium), subsequently known as Michael James Alexander Stewart of Albany, claims to be a descendant of Charles Edward Stuart ( Bonnie Prince Charlie ) and the legitimate Jacobite claimant to the… …
28Lysenkoism — Lysenko speaking at the Kremlin in 1935. Behind him are (left to right) Stanislav Kosior, Anastas Mikoyan, Andrei Andreev and Joseph Stalin. Lysenkoism, or Lysenko Michurinism, also denotes the biological inheritance principle which Trofim… …
29A few acres of snow — [ Frederick II in Potsdam, Prussia. Partial view of an engraving by Pierre Charles Baquoy, after N. A. Monsiau.] A few acres of snow (in the original French, quelques arpents de neige ) is one of several quotations from Voltaire, the 18th century …
30Fashionable Nonsense — Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals Abuse of Science (ISBN 0 312 20407 8; French: Impostures Intellectuelles ; published in the UK as Intellectual Impostures , ISBN 1 86197 631 3) is a book by professors Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont.… …
