Biography - Shermer, Michael (1954-): An article from: ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 11 Publication Date: 2007-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, ...
excellent: Shermer summarizes the consensus from various scientific disciplines. Since it can read like a textbook, it may be best to skip around to topics of interest. Great source for info and logical argument without being confrontational (offensive) [... more]
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How We Believe, 2nd Edition: Science, Skepticism, and ...
Amazon.com Review: One hundred years ago social scientists predicted that belief in God would decrease by the year 2000. "In fact ... the opposite is has occurred," Shermer writes in his introduction. "Never in history have so many, and [... more]
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Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design
Book Description: Science is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and "Intelligent Design" campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom, creationism is overthrowing biology. In Why Darwin Matters, [... more]
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Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to ...
Nice book.: Nice book. My son and I are both enjoying it a lot. I hope it sticks, I surely need it. Gold: this is practical, efficient arithmetic. if you take the time to master Dr. Benjamin's left -> right method for addition, subtraction and [... more]
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How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science
Amazon.com Review: One hundred years ago social scientists predicted that belief in God would decrease by the year 2000. "In fact ... the opposite is has occurred," Shermer writes in his introduction. "Never in history have so many, and [... more]
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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, ...
Amazon.com Review: Few can talk with more personal authority about the range of human beliefs than Michael Shermer. At various times in the past, Shermer has believed in fundamentalist Christianity, alien abductions, Ayn Rand, megavitamin therapy, and [... more]
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The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, ...
excellent: Shermer summarizes the consensus from various scientific disciplines. Since it can read like a textbook, it may be best to skip around to topics of interest. Great source for info and logical argument without being confrontational (offensive) [... more]
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Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown
Fact or Friction?: I like science writers because of their obvious intelligence and (usually) great writing skills. Shermer is more that a great writer. He is a skeptic, a rationalist and humanist; he is also what one might call a member of the NPR crowd [... more]
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In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred ...
The new phrenologists?: I bought this book rather in spite of than because of the other Amazon reviews, and lugged it with me on a flight out to the West Coast. The book lasted from Boston to Atlanta, and when it was over I closed it with a sigh of [... more]
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The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense
Shermer Ruins the Book by Talking Too Much: I expected more of Mr. Shermer in this outing, given his excellent work in Why People Believe Weird Things. But then, in that book, Shermer took on and successfully skewered the easy targets, such as UFO nuts, [... more]
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How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science
Amazon.com Review: One hundred years ago social scientists predicted that belief in God would decrease by the year 2000. "In fact ... the opposite is has occurred," Shermer writes in his introduction. "Never in history have so many, and [... more]
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