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Conspiracy - Why the Rational Believe the Irrational by Michael Shermer
Category: Non-Fiction
"A well-written and essential tool for those navigating today's complicated geopolitical landscape."--Library Journal Best-selling author Michael Shermer presents an overarching theory of conspiracy theories--who believes them and why, which ones are real, and what we should do about them.Nothing happen ...Show more
Heavens on Earth The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia by Michael Shermer
Category: Philosophy
A scientific exploration into humanity’s obsession with the afterlife and quest for immortality from the bestselling author and skeptic Michael Shermer In his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans’ belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific attempts to ...Show more
Heavens on Earth : The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality and Utopia by Michael Shermer
Category: Non-Fiction
A scientific exploration into humanity's obsession with the afterlife and quest for immortality from the bestselling author and skeptic Michael ShermerIn his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans' belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific attempts to ac ...Show more
Secrets Of Mental Math by Arthur Benjamin, Michael Shermer
Category: Non-Fiction
Did you know it's easier to add and subtract from left to right, rather than the other way around? That it's possible to square a three-digit number in mere seconds? Regardless of their skill level, with this book, anyone can mentally calculate complex problems with amazing ease.
Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye by Founding Publisher Michael Shermer (Skeptic Magazine Skeptic magazine Skeptic magazine Skeptic magazine Skeptic magazine Skeptic magazine Skeptic magazine Skeptic magazine)
Category: Non-Fiction
Collected essays from bestselling author Michael Shermer's celebrated columns in Scientific AmericanFor fifteen years, bestselling author Michael Shermer has written a column in Scientific American magazine that synthesizes scientific concepts and theory for a general audience. His trademark combination ...Show more
Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye by Michael Shermer
Category: Science
Collected essays from bestselling author Michael Shermer's celebrated columns in "Scientific American"For fifteen years, bestselling author Michael Shermer has written a column in "Scientific American "magazine that synthesizes scientific concepts and theory for a general audience. His trademark combina ...Show more
The Believing Brain: From Spiritual Faiths to Political Convictions - How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths by Michael Shermer
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Tom Thorne Novels Ser.
Synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist and science historian, Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs about the world. Simply put, beliefs come first and explanations for beliefs follow. The brain, Shermer argues, is a belief engine. Using sensory data ...Show more
The Moral ARC by Michael Shermer
Category: Science
Bestselling author Michael Shermer's exploration of science and morality that demonstrates how the scientific way of thinking has made people, and society as a whole, more moralFrom Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout history have consciously employed sci ...Show more
The Moral Arc How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom by Michael Shermer
Category: Science
From Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout history have consciously employed scientific techniques to better understand the non-physical world. The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment led theorists to apply scientific reasoning to the non-scientific discipl ...Show more
WHY DARWIN MATTERS THE CASE AGAINST INTELLIGENT DESIGN by Shermer Michael
Category: Science
"Shermer is savage about the shortcomings of intelligent design and eloquent about the spirituality of science . . . An invaluable primer."--Los Angeles Times Book ReviewScience is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and intelligent-design campaigns are gaining ground. Cla ...Show more
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