Society
When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.
Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society
Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion and the Nature of Society
by David Sloan Wilson
Chicago University Press, ISBN 0-226-90134-3
Wilson argues that the social phenomenon of religion can...
XTL : Extraterrestrial Life and How to Find it
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XTL: Life in Space and How to Find It
by Simon Goodwin and John Gribbin
Weidenfeld and Nicholson, £12.99, ISBN 1-84188-193-7
The authors of this book are...
I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History
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I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
Jonathan Cape, £17.99 ISBN 0-224-06299-9
Twenty-five years after his first popular science essay collection,...
Conned Again, Watson: Cautionary Tales of Logic, Maths and Probability
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Conned Again, Watson: Cautionary Tales of Logic, Math and Probability
by Colin Bruce
Vintage, £7.99, ISBN 0099428571
This book fizzes with ideas, paradoxes and problems, drawn mainly...
Out of the Shadows: UFOs, the Establishment and the Official Cover-up
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Out of the Shadows: UFOs, the Establishment and Official Cover Up
by David Clarke and Andy Roberts
Piatkus, £17.99, ISBN 0-7499-2290-7
There are lot more believers with...
How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life
How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life by Len FisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson, £12.99, ISBN 0-297-60756-1
You have to be very dedicated to...
Emergence: The connected lives of ants, brains, cities and software
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Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software
by Steven Johnson
Allen Lane, £14.99, ISBN 0713994002
What exactly have ants got in common with cities,...
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels? Debunking Pseudoscience
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Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience
by Martin Gardner
Norton, $14.95, ISBN 0393322386
Did HG Wells predict the Internet? Does reflexology have a foot to...