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Author Shermer, Michael.

Title Skeptic : viewing the world with a rational eye / Michael Shermer.

Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  501 SHERMER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  501 SHE    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  501 SHERMER    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Summary "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, "-- Amazon.com.
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.
Subject Science -- Philosophy.
Skepticism.
SCIENCE -- Essays.
SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Science -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01108336
Skepticism. (OCoLC)fst01119940
Added Title Scientific American.
ISBN 9781627791380 (hardcover)
1627791388 (hardcover)
9781627791397 (ebook)
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