Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye

Collected essays from the New York Times–bestselling author's celebrated columns in Scientific American.

For fifteen years, bestselling author Michael Shermer has written a column in Scientific American magazine that synthesizes scientific concepts and theory for a general audience. His trademark combination of deep scientific understanding and entertaining writing style has thrilled his huge and devoted audience for years.

Now, in Skeptic, seventy-five of these columns have been collected to...