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An Appetite for Wonder The Making of a Scientist - Richard Dawkins
With the 2006 publication of The God Delusion, the name Richard Dawkins became a byword for ruthless skepticism and "brilliant, impassioned, articulate, impolite" debate (San F... -
True believer - Nicholas Sparks
From Publishers WeeklyCharming, divorced Jeremy Marsh is a rising star. As a dashing, successful 37-year-old Manhattan science journalist, his skeptical scrutiny of ineffective ant... -
The Deeds of the Disturber - Elizabeth Peters
SUMMARY:Can fear kill? There are those who believe so--but Amelia Peabody is skeptical. A respected Egyptologist and amateur sleuth, Amelia has foiled felonious schemes from... -
The 30 Greatest Sports Conspira - Elliott Kalb
In The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All-Time, long-time TV sports statistician and self-professed skeptic Elliott Kalb examines the most notable conspiracies in sports... -
Skeptics and true believers_ th - Chet Raymo
SUMMARY: Years ago, noted science teacher and writer Chet Raymo embarked upon his own quest to reconcile the miracle stories he learned as a child with the science he learned as an... -
Pseudoscience and the Paranorma - Terence Hines
Synopsis:" . . . sure to please both the armchair skeptic looking for clear rebuttals to paranormal nonsense and the scientist interested in understanding the cognitive mech... -
How We Believe_ Science and the - Michael Shermer
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... -
Committed_ A Skeptic Makes Peac - Elizabeth Gilbert
SUMMARY: At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in Indon...