Michael Shermer, Author . Oxford Univ. $25 (368p) ISBN 978-0-19-514326-3
Superstring theory is one of the latest inhabitants of what Shermer (Why People Believe Weird Things,
etc.), editor of Skeptic
magazine, calls the "borderlands" of science: that is, ideas that fall somewhere between established, likely...
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Michael Shermer, Author . Holt/Times $26 (336p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7708-7
Shermer, a skeptic by nature and trade (he founded Skeptic
magazine), reveals how scientific reasoning can remove blinders in any field of study and why some biases are, nevertheless, unavoidable. The book's first essays are highly engaging and
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Michael Shermer, Author . Times $22 (199p) ISBN 978-0-8050-8121-3
Shermer (The Science of Good and Evil
), founding editor of the Skeptic
and Scientific American
columnist, thoughtfully explains why intelligent design is both bad science and poor religion, how a wealth of scientific data from varied fields...
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Michael Shermer, Author . Times $26 (308p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7832-9
Shermer (The Science of Good and Evil)
, columnist for Scientific American
and publisher of Skeptic
magazine, provides an in-depth examination of evolutionary economics. Using fascinating examples—from monkeys that balk at unfair distribution of
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Michael Shermer, Author W.H. Freeman & Company $24.95 (302p) ISBN 978-0-7167-3561-8
Shermer, who teaches critical thinking at Occidental College and is perhaps best known as the director of the Skeptics Society and publisher of Skeptic magazine, approaches religion not primarily as a delusion to be debunked but as a phenomenon to...
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Michael Shermer. Times, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9125-0
As the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, author of Why People Believe Weird Things, and a columnist for Scientific American, Shermer is perhaps the country's best-known skeptic. His position is as clear as it is simple: "When I call myself a...
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Michael Shermer. Holt, $32 (576p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9691-0
Humanity is creating an increasingly just and equitable world, according to Shermer (Why People Believe Weird Things). He argues that this is occurring in large part because our understanding of the natural world has come to depend on reason and...
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Michael Shermer. Holt, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-1-62779-138-0
Shermer (The Moral Arc) makes a strong case for the value of the scientific endeavor and the power of rational thinking in these 75 brief essays, reprinted from his monthly column for Scientific American. His subjects include an exploration of the...
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Michael Shermer, Author, Alex Grobman, Author, Alex Grobman, Joint Author University of California Press $40 (330p) ISBN 978-0-520-21612-9
Holocaust denial--back in the news since the British courts shot down David Irving's libel suit against Deborah Lipstadt (for her groundbreaking book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory) in April--gets an inventively...
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Michael Shermer, Author, Dennis McFarland, Author . Holt/Times $25 (368p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7520-5
Drawing on evolutionary psychology, Skeptic
publisher and Scientific American
contributor Shermer (Why People Believe Weird Things
) argues that the sources of moral behavior can be traced scientifically to humanity's evolutionary origins. He...
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