“michael shermer”

Bestselling author and psychologist Shermer explains how evolution shaped the modern economy--and why people are so irrational about money. Drawing on the new field of neuroeconomics, Shermer investigates what brain scans reveal about bargaining, snap purchases, and establishing trust in business.Be... More

The Heaven's Gate Cult Suicide... Roswell UFOs... Bible Code Predictions... Princess Di Conspiracy Theories... With all the weird things that continue to happen, it's easy to see how Why People Believe Weird Things hit a big nerve with book buyers and the media and went on to become a national bests... More

Discover the secret of how to perform lighting Calculations in your head, discover methods of incredible memorization and other feats of mental agility. Learn maths secrets for the real world, from shopping and calculating a restaurant tip, to figuring out gambling odds or how much you’ve won. Lea... More

An eminent scientist who stood out among his Victorian peers, Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Charles Darwin. This insightful biography explores the life of one of the greatest but least heralded scientists of the 19th century. 54 halftones. 23 illustrations.Virtually unknown... More

In The Borderlands of Science, Michael Shermer takes us to the place where real science, borderline science--and just plain nonsense--collide. Shermer argues that while science is the best lens through which to view the world, it is often difficult to decipher where valid science leaves off and bord... More

A new edition covering the latest scientific research on how the brain makes us believers or skepticsRecent polls report that 96 percent of Americans believe in God, and 73 percent believe that angels regularly visit Earth. Why is this? Why, despite the rise of science, technology, and secular educa... More

Psychologist and science historian Shermer explores how humans evolved from social primates to moral primates, how and why morality motivates the human animal, and how the foundation of moral principles can be built upon empirical evidence.From bestselling author Michael Shermer, an investigation of... More

In each of these 14 essays, the author, a psychologist and science historian, explores the very personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown."Michael Shermer has given a lot of things a lot of thought. If your perceptions have ever ... More

Shermer, a creationist-turned-scientist, argues that Intelligent Design proponents are invoking a combination of bad science, political antipathy, and flawed theology. He decodes the scientific evidence to show that evolution is not "just a theory" and illustrates how it achieves the design of life ... More

Bestselling author and psychologist Shermer explains how evolution shaped the modern economy--and why people are so irrational about money. Drawing on the new field of neuroeconomics, Shermer investigates what brain scans reveal about bargaining, snap purchases, and establishing trust in business." ... More