Michael Shermer

69 books

How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science by Michael Shermer

How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science

Michael Shermer

302 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion science informative reflective slow-paced
A Manual for Creating Atheists by Peter Boghossian, Michael Shermer

A Manual for Creating Atheists

Peter Boghossian, Michael Shermer

278 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion informative reflective fast-paced
Mathemagics: How to Look Like a Genius Without Really Trying by Michael Shermer, Arthur T. Benjamin

Mathemagics: How to Look Like a Genius Without Really Trying

Michael Shermer, Arthur T. Benjamin

240 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction education mathematics science informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom by Michael Shermer

The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom

Michael Shermer

541 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Portable Atheist by Christopher Hitchens

The Portable Atheist

Christopher Hitchens

499 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future by Donald R. Prothero, Michael Shermer, Pat Linse

Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future

Donald R. Prothero, Michael Shermer, Pat Linse

392 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction politics science challenging informative slow-paced
Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think by Michael Ruse, Margo Wilson, David Deutsch, Michael Hansell, Randolph M. Nesse, Daniel C. Dennett, Robert Aunger, A.C. Grayling, Steven Pinker, Andrew F. Read, Seth Bullock, Philip Pullman, Alan Grafen, Richard Harries, Ullica Segerstråle, Martin Daly, Mark Ridley, David Haig, Michael Shermer, David Philip Barash, Marian Stamp Dawkins, Kim Sterelny, Patrick Bateson, Marek Kohn, Helena Cronin, John R. Krebs

Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think

Michael Ruse, Margo Wilson, David Deutsch, Michael Hansell, Randolph M. Nesse, Daniel C. Dennett, Robert Aunger, A.C. Grayling, Steven Pinker, Andrew F. Read, Seth Bullock, Philip Pullman, Alan Grafen, Richard Harries, Ullica Segerstråle, Martin Daly, Mark Ridley, David Haig, Michael Shermer, David Philip Barash, Marian Stamp Dawkins, Kim Sterelny, Patrick Bateson, Marek Kohn, Helena Cronin, John R. Krebs

283 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography science informative reflective slow-paced
Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown by Michael Shermer

Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown

Michael Shermer

336 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science informative reflective slow-paced
The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule by Michael Shermer

The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule

Michael Shermer

368 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks by Michael Shermer, Arthur T. Benjamin

Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks

Michael Shermer, Arthur T. Benjamin

279 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science informative lighthearted fast-paced