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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 happens by accident, everything is connected, and there are no coincidences: that is the essence of conspiratorial thinking. Long a fringe part of th...

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.

This book is for all readers who care about science and reason, humanism and secularism, the progress of humanity, and the advancement of morals and values. It also advocates for the protection and continued expansion of human rights, such as civil rights, women's rights, LGBT+ rights, and animal rights.

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Michael Shermer takes us to the place where real science (such as the big bang theory), borderland science (superstring theory), and just plain nonsense (Big Foot) collide with one another. An excursion through the borderlands of science, history, and historical biography, enlivened by interesting stories and insights involving many of history's most famous scientists.

Explores how free speech and open inquiry are integral to science, politics, and society for the survival and progress of our species.

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 achieve immortality along with utopian attempts to create heaven on earth. For millennia, religions have concocted numerous manifestations of hea...

Michael Shermer vertritt die These, dass wir in der "moralischsten" Zeit der Menschheitsgeschichte leben. Sein Buch über den moralischen Fortschritt zeigt anhand umfangreichen Datenmaterials und zahlreicher Beispiele, dass die geschichtliche Entwicklung in Richtung Wahrheit, Gerechtigkeit und Freiheit geht. Von den Faktoren, die über die Jahrhunderte dazu beigetragen haben, sind die Wissenschaft und die Vernunft sicherlich die wichtigsten. De...

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A scientific exploration into humanity's obsession with the afterlife and the quest for immortality from the bestselling author and sceptic Michael ShermerIn his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans' belief in life after death. For millennia, the awareness of our own mortality and failings has led to religions concocting comforting notions of an afterlife, of heaven and hell, utopias and dystopias, and of th...

Michael Shermer has given a lot of things a lot of thought. If your perceptions have ever rubbed you the wrong way, you'll find Science Friction fascinating." -Bill Nye, The Science GuyA scientist pretends to be a psychic for a day-and fools everyone. An athlete discovers that good-luck rituals and getting into "the zone" may, or may not, improve his performance. A son explores the possiblities of alternative and experimental medicine for his ...

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A winning combination of cutting edge science, engaging examples and anecdotes, this is a book that upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs. For fans of "Supersense" and "Paranormality" and the works of Dawkins, Hitchens and Dennett.

Subtitled, "The Art Of Calculating In Your Head". A guide to using mental mathematics in everyday life, whether shopping, gambling or adding up commission.

In Skeptic, Michael Shermer "turns a critical eye toward questions big, small, and trivial." His trademark combination of deep scientific understanding and entertaining writing style has thrilled his huge and devoted audience for years. Now, seventy-five of these columns are available together for the first time.

Explains how abstract reasoning, rationality, empiricism, skepticism - scientific ways of thinking - have profoundly changed the way we perceive morality and, indeed, move us ever closer to a more just world.

Collects bestselling author Michael Shermer's 75 columns for "Scientific American" magazine over 15 years.

In this provocative and compelling book, Michael Shermer will explain how abstract reasoning, rationality, empiricism, skepticism-scientific ways of thinking-have profoundly changed the way we perceive morality and, indeed, move us ever closer to a more just world.

Bestselling author Shermer presents a comprehensive and provocative theory on how beliefs are born, formed, reinforced, challenged, changed, and extinguished.