Michael Shermer
Also known as Michael Brant Shermer
American science writer
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- H. L. Mencken
- Borderlands of Science
- What Are You Optimistic About?
- 25 creationists' arguments & 25 evolutionists' answers
- Arguing Science
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Michael Shermer (born September 8, 1954 in Glendale, California) is a science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Shermer">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known for engaging in debates on pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism.
Shermer was the co-producer and co-host of Exploring the Unknown, a 13-hour Fox Family television series broadcast in 1999. From April 2001 to January 2019, he contributed a monthly Skeptic column to Scientific American magazine.
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