Title:
Skeptic : viewing the world with a rational eye
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Physical Description:
xiv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781627791380
Abstract:
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 combination of deep scientific understanding and entertaining writing style has thrilled his huge and devoted audience for years. Now, in Skeptic, seventy-five of these columns are available together for the first time; a welcome addition for his fans and a stimulating introduction for new readers.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Science -- Skepticism -- Pseudoscience and Quackery -- The Paranormal and the Supernatural -- Aliens and UFOs -- Borderlands Science and Alternative Medicine -- Psychology and the Brain -- Human Nature -- Evolution and Creationism -- Science, Religion, Miracles, and God.
Language:
English
Added Uniform Title:
Scientific American.
