Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye

Name: Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye
Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)

Michael Shermer

Jun 2024 · Macmillan + ORM

3.8

4 reviews

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Collected essays from the New York Times –bestselling author'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 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 have been collected together for the first time; a welcome addition for his fans and a stimulating introduction for new readers.

"Dense with facts, convincing arguments, and curious statistics, this is an ingenious collection of light entertainment for readers who believe that explaining stuff is a good idea." ― Kirkus Reviews

"Shermer makes a strong case for the value of the scientific endeavor and the power of rational thinking in 75 brief essays. . . . Each entry is insightful, informative, and entertaining." ― Publishers Weekly

Ratings and reviews

3.8

4 reviews

Kristie Bainbridge

November 16, 2022

It's unfathomable to myself that you sir are so unabashedly ignorant and call yourself an author on all things pertaining to our existence, our evolution, our present, and our future when you discredit any other persons findings or their beliefs and have the nerve to claim that said person is wrong, or who does said person think they are, where are their facts, etc. When in fact, you yourself are writing about the same topics, asking the same questions, however claiming that you, yourself are correct and you alone. Well, in my opinion, it is every persons right to their own beliefs and to question everything and anything they so choose. To stop doing so would be utterly foolish, because in all reality no one person knows the whole truth in its entirety to any of one these topics. I have wasted my precious time on Skeptic and would not recommend this read to anyone.

Mark Garrett

March 2, 2019

A compilation of essays touching on various subjects from religion to myths argued from the perspective of scientific skepticism. Recommended for folks looking for interesting thought provoking material. Not a light read, this is an intense dive into some of the most controversial subjects, sure to touch a nerve with most readers.

About the author

Michael Shermer is the author of The Moral Arc, Why People Believe Weird Things, The Believing Brain, and eight other books on the evolution of human beliefs and behavior. He is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, the editor of Skeptic.com, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. He lives in Southern California.

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