The Book of Common Fallacies

The Book of Common Fallacies

Falsehoods, Misconceptions, Flawed Facts, and Half-Truths That Are Ruining Your Life


Long before Snopes.com and Wikipedia, The Book of Common Fallacies set out to debunk popular beliefs and set the record straight. By tracking down the facts and citing experts in a multitude of fields, Philip Ward points out the senseless ideas that we have come to accept as fact. Newly updated with today’s common misconceptions and available as a single-volume paperback for the first time, The Book of Common Fallacies exposes the truth behind hundreds of commonly held false beliefs.

Julia Edwards

Julia Edwards is a recent graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she concentrated in creative writing and nineteenth-century literature. In addition to personal writing and blogging, she has contributed writing, editing, and research work to various projects at Skyhorse Publishing, most significantly The Book of Common Fallacies. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.


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