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''The Ragged Edge of Science'' is a science book by L. Sprague de Camp, illustrated by Don Simpson. It was first published by Owlswick Press in 1980. The book is a collection of twenty-two articles (two of them book reviews) on various curiosities and wonders exploring the boundaries between science and pseudo-science.〔 "The() common thread is () skeptical takes on subjects that are often muddled by paranormal and pseudoscientific claims."〔("BOOK: L. Sprague de Camp, 'The Ragged Edge of Science'" ), ILL-ADVISED blog, March 10, 2007〕 De Camp viewed such phenomena from a skeptically rational viewpoint, pointing out the fallacies in supernatural and otherwise fantastic explanations. His debunking efforts were an important and characteristic feature of his nonfiction, and the present collection is a notable instance of it.〔Easton, Tom. "The Reference Library" (review), in ''Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact'', v. 101, no. 10, September 14, 1981, p. 170.〕 The book's constituent articles were originally published in a variety of science magazines, science fiction magazines, and other publications from 1950-1976.〔〔〔(Internet Speculative Fiction Database entry for first edition of ''The Ragged Edge of Science )〕 ==Contents== * *"Preface" *Long Ago and Far Away * *"The Mayan Elephants" (from ''Astounding Science Fiction'', v. 45, no. 4, Jun. 1950) * *"Faery Lands Forlorn" (from ''Science Fiction Stories'', v. 6, no. 3, Nov. 1955 and v. 6, no. 5, Mar. 1956) * *"The Pyramids of Kush" (from ''Science Digest'', v. 63, no. 4, Apr. 1968) * *"The Falls of Troy" (from ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', v. 38, no. 3, Mar. 1970) * *"The Quarter-Acre Round Table" (from ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', v. 39, no. 1, Jul. 1970) * *"The Tower of Mystery" (from ''Science Digest'', v. 68, no. 4, Oct. 1970) * *"The Street of the Dead: Teotihuacan" (from ''Science Digest'', v. 68, no. 6, Dec. 1970) * *"Tula and the Vanished Toltecs" (from ''Science Digest'', v. 71, no. 4, Apr. 1972) *Round About the Cauldron * *"The Mystic Trance" (from ''Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories'', v. 2, no. 4, Nov. 1951) * *"The Mountain of Light" (from ''Science Fiction Quarterly'', v. 1, no. 6, Aug. 1952) * *"The Great Charlatans" (from ''Science Fiction Quarterly'', v. 2, no. 2, Feb. 1953) * *"A Modern Merlin" (from ''Dynamic Science Fiction'', Jun. 1953) * *"The Mysterious Kabbalah" (from ''Fate'', No. 79, Oct. 1956) * *"Bridey Murphy and the Martian Princess" (from ''Science Fiction Stories'', v. 7, no. 4, Jan. 1957) * *"The Great Satanist Plot" (from ''Exploring the Unknown'', no. 20, Jun. 1953) * *"So You Want to Be a Prophet?" (from the ''Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin'', Feb. 20, 1966) *Science and Pseudo-Science * *"Worlds in Collision" (book review) (from ''Astounding Science Fiction'', v. 45, no. 2, Apr. 1950) * *"The So-called Fourth Dimension" (from ''Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories'', v. 2, no. 3, Sep. 1951) * *"How to Talk Futurian" (from ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', v. 13, no. 4, Oct. 1957) * *"The Great Pseudomath" (from ''Fantastic Universe'', v. 8, no. 6, Dec. 1957) * *"The Decline and Fall of Adam" (from ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', v. 45, no. 5, Nov. 1973) * *"Chariots of the Gods?" (book review) (from ''Amra'', v. 2, no. 65, Apr. 1976) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Ragged Edge of Science」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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