These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of numbers. "Secrets of Mental Math" will have you thinking like a math genius in no time. Get ready to amaze your friends--and yourself--with incredible calculations you never thought you could master, as renowned "mathemagician" Arthur Benjamin shares his ...
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, discussing a variety of pseudoscientific ideas and superstitions that promote spiritual beliefs.
In this absorbing book, the author explores the roots of morality and ethics. He concludes that the idea of morality itself must have derived from human institutions, as there is no true proof of the existence of God. The author also traces how, as human societies grew, the idea of treating others according to a moral "code" developed at the same ...
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 through the bottom-up process of natural ...
This is a book of reflections by fairly famous 'freethinkers' on such things as deciding not to raise your child based on a religion, living in a religious culture, holidays and rites of passage, ethics, values, morality, nurturing the love of knowledge, and science. The contributors include medical professionals, psychologists, educators, and ...
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.
MATHEMAGICS shows you how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide faster in your head than with a calculator, let alone using pencil and paper. Imagine knowing the cash register total at the supermarket before the clerk rings it up, or the exact tip at a restaurant without appearing to think about it. With MATHEMAGICS these tricks are so easy to ...
This study of Holocaust denial literature is based on interviews with some of the more famous deniers of the Holocaust. The editors evaluate their methods against those by which historians write or rewrite history.
Shermer, editor of Skeptic Magazine, explores the line where hard science and pseudo-science overlap. In doing so he talks about Carl Sagan, Darwin, and superstring theory.
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, Holocaust denial, race and IQ, cults and alien abductions, and the author looks at the research behind the claims and discredits the ...
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.
Bestselling author and psychologist Shermer explains how evolution has 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.
This study of Holocaust denial literature is based on interviews with some of the more famous deniers of the Holocaust. The editors evaluate their methods against those by which historians write or rewrite history.
A survey of a range of irrationalisms, with explanations of their empirical and logical flaws. The book describes the differences between science and pseudo-science, and goes on to describe and critique popular contemporary irrationalisms, UFOs, Holocaust denial and Satanic cult conspiracies.
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, best-selling ...
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