Books written by Michael Shermer
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The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom
... 436–39 Fail-Safe (film), 61 Fallon, James, 345–46 Farooq, Mujtaba, 248 Farooqui, Kamal, 248,251 Fatal Self-Deception (Genovese and Fox-Genovese), 201–2 Fearn, Frances, 202 Fehr, Ernst, 52–53, 53 Ferguson, Brian, 96 Festinger, Leon, ...
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The Moral Arc: How Science Makes Us Better People
It's a point well made in The Arc of War by the political scientists Jack Levy and William Thompson, who begin by adopting a continuum rather than a categorical style of reasoning: “War is a persistent feature of world politics, ...
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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1964. . 1871. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. 2 vols. London: J. Murray. . [1883]. In Box 106, Darwin archives, Cambridge University Library. Darwin, M., and B. Wowk.
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In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace: A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History
London: John Murray. ———. 1871. The Descent of Man. Vols. I & II. London: John Murray. ———. 1892 (1958). ... Desmond, A., and J. Moore. 1991. Darwin. The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist. New York: Warner Books. Diamond, J. 1997.
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Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It?
Quoted in S. J. Roth, “Making the Denial of the Holocaust a Crime in Law” (London: Institute of Jewish Affairs in association with the World Jewish Congress, research report, March 1982). 2. International Military Tribunal, Trials of ...
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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
In an entirely new chapter, "Why Smart People Believe in Weird Things," Michael Shermer takes on science luminaries like physicist Frank Tippler and others, who hide their spiritual beliefs behind the trappings of science.
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In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace: A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History
Joan, like Joy, recounts his experiences in which Slade appeared to them to produce genuine slate writing by means other than sleight of hand.40 The next day, on the 20th of September, J. Park Harrison of the Royal Institution, Donkin, ...
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The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense
Kohn, D. 1985. The Darwinian Heritage. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Kolata, G. 1998. Clone: The Road to Dolly, and the Path Ahead. ... New York: Basic Books. . and R. Lewin. 1992. Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes ...
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How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God
Meanwhile, Yellow Bird, Big Foot's holy man, launched into the Ghost Dance, reminding his men that the shirts they wore would be impenetrable by the soldiers' bullets. The officers ordered the Indians to strip, hoping to reveal hidden ...
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The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics
J. Kruger, “Personal Beliefs and Cultural Stereotypes About Racial Characteristics,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 71 (1996): 536–48. 21. “Oprah: A Heavenly Body? Survey Finds TalkShow Host a Celestial Shooin,” U.S. News ...
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The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
J. Kruger , “ Personal Beliefs and Cultural Stereotypes About Racial Characteristics , " Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , vol . 71 ( 1996 ) , pp . 536-48 . 36. Brad J. Sagarin , Kelton V. L. Rhoads , and Robert B. Cialdini ...
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Arguing Science: A Dialogue on the Future of Science and Spirit
Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of ten books including his most recent, Science Set Free, which challenges scientific dogma.
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The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
Here is Silverstein's own explanation for this quote, issued through a spokesperson on September 9, 2005: In the afternoon of September 11, Mr. Silverstein spoke to the Fire Department Commander on site at Seven World Trade Center.
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Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks
An accessible guide to mathematical calculation reveals the secrets of rapid mental calculation, memorization, and other feats of the mind, with tips on how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and work with fractions, squares, and cube ...
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The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
Reveals how humans have evolved from social primates into moral primates, exploring the implications of fuzzy logic, fate, free will, and ecology, among other issues affecting the way humans think about moral issues.
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The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics
Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Sam Bowles, Colin Camerer, Herbert Gintis, Richard McElreath, and Ernst Fehr, "In Search of Homo Economicus: Experiments in 1 5 Small-Scale Societies," American Economic Review 91(2) (2001): 73-79. 36.
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Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design
In Why Darwin Matters, bestselling author Michael Shermer decodes the scientific evidence to show that evolution is not "just a theory" and illustrates how it achieves the design of life through the bottom-up process of natural selection.
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Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality and Utopia
This is one of the most profound questions of the human condition and has long driven philosophers and theologians to try to understand the meaning and purpose of life for mortal beings, and how we can transcend mortality.
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Giving the Devil his Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist
the absurd, students from UC Berkeley attempted to no-platform the comedian and social commentator Bill Maher for his alleged “Islamophobia,” code for anyone who criticizes Islam for any reason. Maher delivered his commencement oration ...
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Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and why Do They Say It?
Apart from disproving Holocaust denials, the authors lay a framework for examining how we know that any historical event actually happened.