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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, covering such topics as the heretical ideas about the boundaries of the universe to the scientific ideas behind Star Trek storylines. 30,000 first printing.
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"A seeker who has found the best answers he can find in skepticism and a purely rational approach to life."
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Michael Shermer is the author of The Believing Brain, Why People Believe Weird Things, The Science of Good and Evil, The Mind Of The Market, Why Darwin Matters, Science Friction, How We Believe and 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 an adjunct professor at Claremont Graduate University. He lives in Southern California.
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- PublisherTimes Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0805077081
- ISBN 13 9780805077087
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages296
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