Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: From Alien Abductions to Zone Therapy

The Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: From Alien Abductions to Zone Therapy (2000), edited by William F. Williams, "identifies, defines and explains terms and concepts related to the world of "almost science". It includes over 2000 entries, covering phenomena, people, events, topics, places and associations.
Criteria for inclusion
Williams describes the criteria for inclusion:
Entries in the Encyclopedia do not necessarily note to which criteria an entry belongs.
Examples
The book includes a wide range of entries, including astrology, Flat Earth Society, phrenology and UFOlogy.
Contributors
Advisors and Consultants
Jerome Clark, Board of Directors, J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, Chicago; J. Gordon Melton, Research Specialist, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; Carl Mitcham, Professor of Philosophy and of Science, Technology and Society, Pennsylvania State University; Marcello Truzzi, Director Center for Scientific Anomalies Research and Professor of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University.
Contributors
Daniel W. Conway, Lisle W. Dalton, R. G. Alex Dolby, R. Shannon Duval, Honor C. Farrell, Jeff Frazier, John E. McMillan, J. Gordon Melton, Terry O'Neill, Kenneth R. Shepherd, Steven Utley, Joyce Williams, William F. Williams.
About the editor
William F. Williams was formerly visiting Professor at the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Pennsylvania State University, and was the William Weiss Fellow in Engineering from 1992 to 1993. He is also a Life Fellow at the University of Leeds, England. His publications include Are Science and Technology Neutral? (Butterworth), and he has served as editor in chief of the Science in a Social Context series (also for Butterworth). Williams resides in England.
Reviews
The Skeptical Inquirer review of the book says that "errors, major and minor, can be found throughout", "It reads more like a collection of opinions", " contain material that is both correct and objective. Unfortunately, this tome fails on both counts."

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