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The Heretics

Adventures with the Enemies of Science

Will Storr Ben Allen

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English
Bolinda/Macmillan Audio
28 April 2019
Why do obviously intelligent people believe things in spite of the evidence against them?

Will Storr has travelled across the world to meet an extraordinary cast of modern heretics in order to answer this question. He goes on a tour of Holocaust sites with David Irving and a band of neo-Nazis, experiences his own murder during 'past-life regression' hypnosis, takes part in a mass homeopathic overdose, and investigates a new disease affecting tens of thousands of people - a disease that doesn't actually exist.

Using a unique mix of personal memoir, investigative journalism and the latest research from neuroscience and experimental psychology, Storr reveals why the facts just won't convince some people, and how the neurological 'hero-maker' inside all of us can so easily lead to self-deception and science-denial. The Heretics will change the way you think about thinking.

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Imprint:   Bolinda/Macmillan Audio
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Height: 122mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   68g
ISBN:   9781529018769
ISBN 10:   1529018765
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active

Will Storr is a longform journalist and novelist. His features have appeared in various publications, including the Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer, Esquire, New Yorker and the Sydney Morning Herald. He is a contributing editor at Esquire magazine. He has been named New Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year, and has won a National Press Club award for excellence. In 2012, he was presented with the One World Press award and the Amnesty International award for his work for the Observer on sexual violence against men. In 2013, his BBC radio series 'An Unspeakable Act' won the AIB award for best investigative documentary. Born and bred in Somerset, Ben has worked predominantly in theatre since graduating from drama school, including a number one tour with ATG as well as All's Well That Ends Well and The History Boys at the National Theatre. He has worked on a number of projects, including a podcast for David Nicholls's One Day, Learning English as a Foreign Language for Dummies, It's a Guy Thing, Afternoon Reading for BBC Radio 4 and CAE for Cambridge Esol.

Reviews for The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science

'Very valuable, and a great read to boot, this is investigative journalism of the highest order.' -- The Independent 'I loved it ... funny, serious, richly vivid ... Read this book.' -- The Daily Telegraph 'Storr takes his personal experiences on a Louis-Theroux type ride ... [and] opens up his life as another source of irrationality, leading the reader to question their own core beliefs.; -- Stylist


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