At the beginning of the twentieth century, social scientists predicted that belief in God would decrease by the end of the century because of the secularization of society...more details Format:Paperback
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Shermer
ISBN:9780805074796
Recent polls show that 96 per cent of Americans believe in God. Why are people turning to religion in greater numbers than ever before? In How We Believe ...more details Format:Paperback Pages:366
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Shermer
ISBN:9780716741619
At the beginning of the twentieth century, social scientists predicted that belief in God would decrease by the end of the century because of the secularization of society...more details Format:Paperback
This text explores what drives us to believe, to have faith, and to create and flock to religions the world over. Throughout, Michael Shermer is interested in the how and why rather than the right or wrong...more details Format:Hardback
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Shermer
ISBN:9780716733874
This work presents a down-to-earth and sometimes funny survey of a range of contemporary irrationalisms, and explains their empirical and logical flaws. It tackles a variety of topics including creationism...more details Format:Paperback
The publisher of Skeptic magazine argues that the search for meaning and spiritual fulfillment often results in the embracing of extraordinary claims and controversial ideas...more details Format:Paperback Pages:384
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780805091250
Bestselling author Michael Shermer's comprehensive and provocative theory on how beliefs are born, formed, reinforced, challenged, changed...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:385
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ISBN:9780195143263
As author of the bestselling Why People Believe Weird Things and How We Believe, and Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic magazine, Michael Shermer has emerged as the nation's number one scourge of superstition and bad science. Now...more details Format:Hardback
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Michael Shermer;Arthur Grobman AlexHertzberg
ISBN:9780520234697
"Denying History "takes a bold and in-depth look at those who say the Holocaust never happened and explores the motivations behind such claims. While most commentators have dismissed the Holocaust deniers as antisemitic neo-Nazi thugs who do not deserve a response...more details Format:Paperback Pages:312
"Denying History" takes a bold and in-depth look at those who say the Holocaust never happened and explores the motivations behind such claims. While most commentators have dismissed the Holocaust deniers as antisemitic neo-Nazi thugs who do not deserve a response...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:360
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780613354134
At the beginning of the twentieth century, social scientists predicted that belief in God would decrease by the end of the century because of the secularization of society...more details Pages:302
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SHERMER
ISBN:9780195148305
In Darwin's Shadow is the gripping story of the heretical British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace who co-discovered natural selection independently of his more well-known contemporary Charles Darwin. Utilizing a number of never-before-used archival sources that bring to bear new interpretations of this most fascinating scientists...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:448
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780805078329
Bestselling author Michael Shermer explains how evolution shaped the modern economy--and why people are so irrational about money How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers and traders...more details Format:Hardback
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Hunt And Osborn Shermerhorn;Cram101Cram101 Textbook Reviews
ISBN:9781428805132
Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included.look no further for study resources or reference material. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines...more details Format:Paperback Pages:204
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William H Libaw;Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780786422111
This book shows how painting since the mid?1800s has reflected Western society's mixed feelings about the transformations in our world produced by science and technology. Neither a chronicle of the development of modern art nor a history of the modern era...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:268
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Bryan Farha;Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780761837725
This academic text features articles regarding paranormal, extraordinary, or fringe-science claims. It logically examines the claims of astrology; psychic ability; alternative medicine and health claims; after-death communication; cryptozoology; and faith healing...more details Format:Paperback Pages:167
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780805079142
"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...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:296
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780805077087
A collection of fourteen essays by the psychologist and science historian author of The Science of Good and Evil explores the personal barriers and biases that hamper and motivate scientific discoveries...more details Format:Hardback
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780805075205
The renowned science historian reveals how humans have evolved from social primates into moral primates, exploring the implications of fuzzy logic...more details Format:Hardback
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780805077698
The renowned science historian reveals how humans have evolved from social primates into moral primates, exploring the implications of fuzzy logic...more details Format:Paperback Pages:368
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9781250008800
Release Date: 07 August 2012
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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:400
In The Borderlands of Science Michael Shermer takes us to the place where real science (such as the big bang theory), borderland science (superstring theory)...more details Format:Paperback Pages:368
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780805083064
"Shermer is savage about the shortcomings of intelligent design and eloquent about the spirituality of science . . . An invaluable primer." --"Los Angeles Times Book Review""" Science is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and intelligent-design campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom...more details Format:Paperback Pages:199
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780805089165
" A] captivating raconteur of all the greatest hits of behavioral, evolutionary and neuropsychology . . . Fascinating."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers...more details Format:Paperback Pages:308
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9781576076538
From alternative medicine to the cryonics, this comprehensive encyclopedia investigates claims from science, pseudoscience, and the paranormal...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:950
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780805081213
A creationist-turned-scientist demonstrates the facts of evolution and exposes Intelligent Design's real agenda Science is on the defensive. Half of Americans reject the theory of evolution and "Intelligent Design" campaigns are gaining ground. Classroom by classroom...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:199
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780285638037
Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:384
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Michael Shermer
ISBN:9780613916622
Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory...more details