Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye

Great book! Page turner

Not a book for the average reader, need a higher education to understand.

You have all the Skeptic's Corner columns from Scientific American magazine from the 2001 inception to around 2007. Michael Shermer explains in his first chapter about the timespan of his ongoing writing for the magazine. It is implied he is continuing with a second book. By my estimate, there would still also need to be a third volume. The essays are organized by topic rather than chronological publication date, which I find helpful. To sum up, this book is wonderful for Shermer fans who want a nice hardcopy of the articles in book form; it is also great for science readers and skeptics in general to get brief overviews of all the important aspects in science and pseudoscience (included for discernment purposes). If you have never seen the Scientific American magazine, by seeing and browsing and reading this book, one will also wish to read the current monthly column, "Skeptic's Corner."

Shermer strips biases from your thought processes. Deadly on culturally conditioned assumptions. Very good book. Join CFI - Center For Inquiry.

This is an excellent collection of Shermer's essays. Shermer's thinking on skepticism is clear, thoughtful, and entertaining as always. Since I had never really read his SciAm columns before, this served as a great introduction. I hope he does a second volume in the future.