Michael Shermer

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Michael Shermer is the founder of The Skeptics Society and editor of Skeptic magazine. He has a PhD in the history of science and writes about a large number of paranormal and supernatural claims from a skeptical perspective.

Biography[edit]

Personal life[edit]

Shermer was born and raised in Southern California, graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in 1972.

Education[edit]

  • Bachelor's degree in Psychology/Biology at Pepperdine in 1976.
  • Master's degree in Experimental Psychology at California State University, in 1978.
  • Doctor of Philosophy degree from Claremont Graduate University in the History of Science in 1991.

Professional life[edit]

Science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic.

Works[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Teach Your Child Science 1989
  • Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time.
  • Teach Your Child Math and Mathemagics 1999
  • The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense 2001
  • How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science 2001
  • The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience 2002
  • Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? 2002
  • In Darwin's Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace: A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History 2002
  • The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule 2004
  • Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown 2005
  • Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks 2006
  • Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design 2006
  • The Mind of The Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics 2007
  • The History of Science: A Sweeping Visage of Science and its History 2009 audio lecture

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