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av557DVD by Penn & Teller ($34.99) A 13 episode boxed set of 3 DVDs.
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panalists.DVDs
Michael ShermerHeavens on Earth: the Scien-
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Inmortality and Utopia by
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Ske?tic by Michael Shermer. (b168HB
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The Believing Brain...How the
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Why People Believe Weird
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Borderlands Of Science by
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each) Where does valid science leave off
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the theories, the people and the history
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of turning into nonsense.
Why Darwin Mattersby Michael
Shermer. (b111PB $13. paperback) An
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Soul of Scienceby Michael Shermer.
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How We Believe(b063PB $16.00 pa-
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The Science Of Good and Evil:
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(PB085-paperback $17.) Broad in scope,
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Science Friction: Where the
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Shermer becomes a psychic for a day,
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In Darwin’s Shadow: The Life &
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come involved in spiritualism, seances, & life after
death belief systems.
Mind of the MarketbyMichael
Shermer. (b126PB $15. paperback) In-
tegrates behavioral economics, neuroe-
conomics, & evolutionary economics,
expanding the application of science &
skepticism to reveal that humans are
just as irrational when it comes to money
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The Skeptic Encyclopedia
of Pseudoscienceby Michael
Shermer, Ed./Pat Linse, Con. Ed.
TWO VOLUMES, $129.00. (save
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(2.) Case Studies: In-depth an-
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section. (4.) Historical Docu-
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