WILLIAMSBURG — Turn the Page Bookshop will host author Nate Pedersen, co-author of “Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them” on March 2.
Pedersen is a librarian, historian, and freelance journalist with over 400 publications in print and online. His work has been seen in the Guardian, the Believer, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Art of Manliness.
Divided into broad sections covering the easily disproved, to the wildly speculative, to wishful thinking and hucksterism, the book follows the history of pseudoscience and its achievements.
“Pseudoscience is a romp through much more than bad science — it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Bigfoot, astrology, and the existence of aliens,” according to the publisher.
Pedersen’s co-author, Lydia Kang, is a practicing internal medicine physician and an author of young adult and adult fiction. Her YA novels include “Control,” “Catalyst,” and the upcoming “The November Girl.” Her adult fiction debut is entitled “A Beautiful Poison.” She has also been published in JAMA, the Annals of Internal Medicine and the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Turn the Page Bookshop is located in the Premium Outlets at 5707 Richmond Road, Suite 40. The book signing will be on March 2 from noon to 4 p.m. For more information, visit the official Turn the Page Bookshop website.
