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The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal$14.95 Can a human being really spontaneously burst into flames? How deadly is the Bermuda Triangle? And what's the real story behind alien abductions? The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal offers color photographs and scientific case-by-case explanations for twenty-seven phenomena that appear to defy known science, including ghosts and poltergeists, the predictions of Nostradamus, and yogic levitation, among many others. Paperback - 272 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design$13.00 Michael Shermer thoughtfully explains why intelligent design is both bad science and poor religion, how a wealth of scientific data from varied fields support evolution, and why religion and science need not be in conflict. Science and religion are two distinct realms, he argues: the natural and supernatural, respectively. Shermer takes the ten "most cogent" arguments for intelligent design and refutes each in turn. Paperback - 199 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
$15.00 Change Your Brain, Change Your Life - Daniel G Amen, MD. This is the new breakthrough program for conquering anxiety, depression, obsessiveness, anger, and impulsive behavior... without the usual addictive and destructive medications. 352 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Reviews of Creationist Books$10.00 Edited by Liz Rank Hughes Authoritative scientific critiques of 40 popular 'Creation Science' books. These are the books that are most often cited as 'proof' for scientific creationism or suggested for classroom use. From children's books to the Handy Dandy Evolution Refuter, the answers are here. Paper, 147 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Keep Your Brain Alive
By Lawrence C. Katz, Ph.D. & Manning Rubin. No more punch lines that just slipped away, no more names on the tip of your tongue, no more senior moments! Drawing on cutting-edge neurological research, how to keep your brain alive: 83 neurobic exercises bring help to everyone whose memory is starting to slip. Paperback - 148 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
God the Devil and Darwin paperback
$14.95 New edition! Niall Shanks has written the first accessible introduction to, and critique of Intelligent Design theory (ID). While ID has been proposed as a scientific alternative to evolutionary biology, Shanks argues that ID is in fact "old creationist wine in new designer label bottles" and moreover is a serious threat to the scientific and democratic values that are our cultural and intellectual inheritance from the Enlightenment. Paperback edition, 273 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Ancestor's Tale
By Richard Dawkins The renowned biologist and thinker Richard Dawkins presents his most expansive work yet: a comprehensive look at evolution, ranging from the latest developments in the field to his own provocative views. Paperback, 673 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Blind Watchmaker
By Richard Dawkins Acclaimed as perhaps the most influential work on evolution written in this century, The Blind Watchmaker offers an engaging and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. Paperback, 358 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Unweaving the Rainbow
Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended? Did he, in other words, diminish beauty? Far from it, says acclaimed scientist Richard Dawkins; Newton's unweaving is the key to much of modern astronomy and to the breathtaking poetry of modern cosmology. Mysteries don't lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution often is more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering deeper mysteries. Paperback - 337 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Freedom Evolves
$17.00 By Daniel C. Dennett Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? Renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett answers with an emphatic yes, showing us how we alone among the animals have evolved minds that give us free will and morality. Paperback, 347 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Concepts: A ProtoTheist Quest for Science-Minded Skeptics
By Paul Carleton Why is belief in God so common? Concepts is a search for the source of such beliefs, for theism's roots-prototheism. Hardback 408 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Flesh in the Age of Reason: The Modern Foundations of Body and Soul
By Roy Porter How did we come to a modern understanding of our bodies and souls? What were the breakthroughs that allowed human beings to see themselves in a new light? Roy Porter's final book delves into these questions with a wealth of evidence to make his case. Hardcover - 574 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Mystery Chronicles: More Real-Life X-Files
$29.95 By Joe Nickell, Foreword by James Randi. Nickell's investigative skills have won him both acclaim and controversy during his long career as one of the world's foremost paranormal investigators. Using a hands-on approach and the scientific method, he now examines more than three-dozen intriguing mysteries in The Mystery Chronicles. [Order] [Checkout] |
Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What New Brain
$13.95 by Steven R. Quartz, Ph.D. & Terrence J. Sejnoski, Ph.D. "An evocative solution to a classic problem: Which is more important in shaping the human brain, nature or nurture?" -New York Times [Order] [Checkout] |
A Devil's Chaplain
$14.00 By Richard Dawkins. The Devil's Chaplain is the first collection of Richard Dawkins'writings, it is an enthusiastic declaraion, a testament to the power of the rigorous scientific examination to reveal the wonders of the world. Paperback, 261 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
A Woman's Quest for Science
$32.95 By Dr. Peter H. Hare. Dr. Peter Hare draws on previously unavailable personal papers to present a vivid portrait of anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons, a fascinating woman whose life story is surprisingly contemporary. Hardcover, 192 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Darwin, Selected and Edited by Philip ApplemanPhilip Appleman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana niversity, presents a well-balanced collection of extracts from Darwin's own work, his commentators, and his intellectual descendants to the present day. Paperback, 695 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Dreams of a Final Theory: The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature
$14.00 By Prof. Steven Weinberg. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist and bestselling author of The First Three Minutes describes the grand quest for a unifying theory of nature--one that can explain events as disparate as the cohesion inside the atom and the gravitational tug between the sun and Earth. Paperback, 340 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Dumbth
By Steve Allen. 101 Ways to Reason Better and Improve Your Mind! A humorous and provocative examination of the increasing American tendency toward muddle-headedness and ineptitude. Paperback - 445 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Facing Up: Science and Its Cultural Adversaries
By Prof. Steven Weinberg. Both the brilliant scientist and the provocative writer are fully present in this book as Weinberg pursues his principal passions, theoretical physics and a deeper understanding of the culture, philosophy, history, and politics of science. Paperback - 283. [Order] [Checkout] |
Flim-Flam!
By James Randi. The Truth About Unicorns, Parapsychology, and Other Delusions. Paperback, 342 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Has Science Found God?
The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe; By Victor Stenger. In the past few years a number of scientists have claimed that there is credible scientific evidence for the existence of God. Is this true? Are scientists close to solving the greatest of all mysteries? Physicist Victor J. Stenger delves into this fascinating question from a skeptical point of view in this lucid and engrossing presentation of the key scientific facts. Hardcover - 295 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
How We Believe: Sceince, Skepticism, and the Search For God
$14.95 By Michael Shermer. Shermer explores how and why people, especially in the face of such scientific evidence against, still continue to believe in god. Paperback, 275 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
In The Beginning
The creationists are eager to inflict their particular brand of 'science' upon our children," writes Chris McGowan, "and this is where responsible scientists must draw the line. The creationists say that they want only 'equal time' to present their views, as a credible alternative to evolutionary theory, in the science classroom. The problem is, though, that what the creationists are offering is not science. They are selling good old-fashioned fundamentalist religion, all spruced up with scientific terminology and ideas to look like science. Paperback - 208 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Modern Cosmology & Philosophy
$22.00 Edited by John Leslie. Offers superb selections on modern cosmology, relativistic theories of the universe, the Big Bang, the problem of God and creation, cosmology and verifiability, coincidences, origins and evolution, multiple universe theories, infinity, chaos, life forms, the end of time, and the limits of our knowledge. Paperback, 363 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Noah's Flood: New Scientific Discoveries About the Event that Changed History
$13.00 By William Ryan and Walter Pitman. A fascinating lesson in geology, oceanography, archaeology, and inductive reasoning. Paperback, 319 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the Senses
By Dr. Victor J. Stenger. "A convincing rebuttal to those who attempt to link physics to mystical truths." - SciTech Book News Hardcover - 321 Pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Planet Ocean
This colorful book is Brad Matsen's story of Life, the Sea, and Dancing to the Fossil Record. Features many pages of brilliant artworks by Ray Troll - Alaska's fossil and fish-obsessed painter. A 'must' for all the best coffee tables! Hardcover - 133 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life
$18.95 By Stephen Jay Gould. Writing with bracing intelligence and elegant clarity, Gould sheds new light on a dilemma that has plagued thinking people since the Renaissance. Instead of choosing between science and religion, Gould asks, why not opt for a golden mean that accords dignity and distinction to each realm? Hardcover, 241 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Scientists Confront Creationism
Laurie R. Godfrey's fascinating and timely book demonstrates once and for all why 'scientific' creationism is not only bad science but also bad theology - and in the process spells out the principles that guide genuine discovery. Basically, an expose of all pseudo-science. A much-needed overview of the scientific view of evolution, explaining clearly and straightforwardly exactly what scientists think and why. Paperback - 324 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Shocking Fish Tales: Fish, Romance, and Death in Pictures
By Ray Troll and Bradford Matsen. This whimsical yet informative look at the denizens of the deep incorporates humor, natural history and many of Ray's wonderfully fishy artworks. Paperback - 101 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All In Your Head
By Carla Hannaford. The body's role in thinking and learning is presented for the first time in a popular readable format, thoroughly supported by scientific movement. She tells us why we must move - and shows us how to move to fully activate our learning potential. Paperback - 200 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Superstition
Felix E. Planer provides an encyclopedic view of superstition - its definition and origins, its mechanisms and practices. Paperback - 377 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Tales of the Rational: Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science
Signed Copies By Massimo Pigliucci. Engaging, compelling and witty essays that put in perspective some of the most fascinating scientific and pseudo-scientific claims of the 20th Century. Paperback - 255 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Borderlands of Science, Where Sense Meets Nonsense
By Michael Shermer. The author has emerged as the nation's number one scourge of superstition and bad science. Now, he takes us to the place where real science (such as the big bang theory), borderland science (Superstring theory), and just plain nonsense (Bigfoot) collide with one another. Paperback, 360 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Dominance Factor: How Knowing Your Dominant Eye, Ear, Brain, Hand, and Foot Can Improve Your Learning
By Dr. Carla Hannaford. Scientists have long suspected that there are links between the side of the body we favor and the way we think, learn, work, play, and relate to others. Here at last is a book by a neuroscientist that explains these linkages. Paperback, 173 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Faith Healers
By James Randi. A fascinating look at a world of misplaced faith and blind trust that seems more appropriate to the Dark Ages than to the end of the 20th Century. Paperback - 318 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History
$15.00 By Steven Jay Gould. In his next-to-last collection of essays from Natural History magazine, the late prolific paleontologist explores various frauds, mistakes, and riddles encountered by scientists searching to understand and discover the mechanics and origins of life. Paperback, 371 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Mismeasure of Man
$15.95 By Stephen Jay Gould. The definitive refutation to the argument of "The Bell Curve". Paperback, 432 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Prophet and the Astronomer: A Scientific Journey to the End of Time
$26.95 By Marcelo Gleiser. A rare astrophysicist as comfortable quoting Scripture as explaining formulas, Gleiser ponders the dark parallels between the apocalyptic visions of ancient seers and the cosmic predictions of modern scientists. Hardcover, 256 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins' classic early work examines the traditional Darwinian theory of evolution but in terms of genes rather than individuals. Paperback - 350 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Triumph of Evolution and the Failure of Creationism
By Niles Eldredge. "I can't imagine a better book by a finer scientist and writer on a more vital and contemporary subject. Eldredge refutes creationism with the best tools of scientific facts and logic but then shows how all good science cannot debase, but can only complement, our search to find ethical values and to grasp the meaning of our existence." - Stephen Jay Gould Paperback - 223 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Voices for Evolution
$8.00 By Molleen Matsumura. This book is an invaluable tool for teachers, superintendents, and boards of education when creationists and their ignorant supporters press their case. Paperback - 141 pages [Order] [Checkout] |
Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
$14.95 By Robert L. Park. Touching on everything from Deepak Chopra's "quantum alternative to growing old" and "free energy" machines to unwarranted hype surrounding the International Space Station. Robert L. Park leads us through the dim back alleys of fringe science, down the gleaming corridors of Washington power, and even into our evolutionary past to search out the origins of voodoo science. Paperback, 230 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Why Evolution?
$8.00 By Devin Carroll; illustrated by Marion Young. For kids of all ages, the evidence for seven basic theories in the science of evolution. Illustrated Booklet, 17 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Why People Believe Weird Things
$16.00 By Michael Shermer. With this no-holds-barred assault on popular myths and prejudices, a science historian debunks psychobabble and extraordinary, nonsensical claims. 25 illustrations. Shows how the eternal search for meaning and spiritual fulfillment often results in our thinking being led astray by incredible claims and controversial ideas. Revised Edition: Paperback, 349 pages. [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
Wonder-Workers!: How They Perform the Impossible
$17.00 By Joe Nickell. For younger readers (ages 9 -14), this book reveals the secrets of famous magicians, psychics, and mediums. It tells their stories and examines their claims in the light of science to learn whether they truly did possess powers beyond the range of nature and normal human experience. Paperback, 94 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin
Peter Sis presents the life of the famous nineteenth-century naturalist using text from Darwin's writings and detailed drawings by Sis. Kids with inquiring minds just love this book! Hardcover - 44 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Natural Atheism$18.00 Everything is here to help those who already are Atheists better understand the logic of their lives and see Atheism's social and political implications. Those who are not yet Atheists will be helped by this scientist's common-sense analysis of the so-called 'proofs of God' to see the irrationality - indeed, the meaninglessness - of god-beliefs. What is belief? What is knowledge? As Pilate is alleged to have asked, "What is truth?" Understandable and clear answers to all these questions are given by a seasoned anthropolgist who has been able to see around the blinders imposed by Judaeo-Chirstian cultures. [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human NatureIn The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the doctrine that the mind has no innate traits - a doctrine embraced by many intellectuals during the past century - denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-hood slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts. Injecting calm and rationality into debates that are notorious for ax-grinding and mud-slinging, Pinker shows the importance of an honest acknowledgement of human nature based on science and common sense. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Atheist Debater's Handbook$21.00 By B.C. Johnson. Does God exist? Is there Divine intervention in our daily lives? Mr. Johnson contends that theism has not proved its case. This lively book was written to provide the skeptic with an arsenal of arguments against the theist. Some of the topics covered include: "God and Atheism," "God and Design," "God and Existence," "God and Religious Experience," "God and Morality," "God and Evil," and "God and Christianity." Buy your copy of the "Atheist Debater Handbook" today and be ready the next time a believer asks the questions. Paperback, 134 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life
$16.00 By Daniel C. Dennett. "This is the best single-author overview of all the implications of evolution by natural selection available...Lucid and entertaining." -John Gribbin, Sunday Times, London. Paperback - 586 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Everything You Know About God is Wrong
$24.95 In this new mega-anthology from Russ Kick, more than fifty writers, reporters, and researchers invade the inner sanctum for an unrestrained look at the wild and woolly world of organized belief. Richard Dawkins shows us the strange, scary properties of religion; Neil Gaiman turns a biblical atrocity story into a comic (that almost sent a publisher to prison); Erik Davis looks at what happens when religion and California collide; Mike Dash eyes stigmatics; Douglas Rushkoff exposes the trouble with Judaism; Paul Krassner reveals his "Confessions of an Atheist"; and best-selling lexicographer Jonathon Green interprets the language of religious prejudice. Paperback - 387 pages. This book requires an extra $2.00 in shipping charges [Order] [Checkout] |
How Come? Every Kid's Science Questions Explained
By Kathy Wollard, Illustrations by Debra Solomon. Why do people get goose bumps? Why don't fish and dolphins sleep? Why do ships and planes disappear in the Bermuda Triangle? How does camera film record pictures? What are you wondering about? Chances are, Kathy Wollard can find the answers. Recommended for ages 8 and older. Paperback - 320 pages [Order] [Checkout] |
Not In Our Classrooms$14.00 In "Not in Our Classrooms," parents and teachers, as well as other concerned citizens, have a much-needed tool to argue against teaching intelligent design as science. In clear and lively essays, a team of experts describe not only the history of the intelligent design movement and the lack of scientific support for its claims, but also the religious, legal, and pedagogical problems that proposals to teach this idea in the public schools bring in their wake. Essential reading for anyone concerned about the teaching of science in our public schools. Paperback - 171 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Introductory Readings in the Philosophy of Science Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Klempke, Robert Hollinger and A. David Klein. Offers a complete introduction to the philosophy of science, one that is clear, concise, and presented in nontechnical language. Paperback - 579 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Raptors Fossils Fins & Fangs: A Prehistoric Creature Feature
$9.95 By Brad Matsen and Ray Troll. From the creators of Planet Ocean; introduces lesser known prehistoric creatures, including the giant sea scorpion called a eurypterid, the helicoprion shark, and the carnivorous land dinosaur Deinonychus. Paperback, 32 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Fossils, 50 Identified Specimens$60.00 Here's a great item for the fossil lovers out there. This bag contains 50 fossils, a full color "Geologic Time and the History of Life in North America" wall chart, and a thirteen-page booklet "An Introduction to Fossils". [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
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