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Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum
Inside the mind of a conspiracy theorist

(from the back cover)
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10th August 2009 08:23 PM by dropzone Go to last post
 
The God Delusion
The God Delusion

A book that argues that there almost certainly is no God, and that we do not need religion to be moral.
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14th July 2009 01:16 PM by TheDaver Go to last post
 
Big Bang
Big Bang
The Origin of the Universe (US version)

A history of cosmology, culminating with the story of how the Big Bang model became the most widely accepted cosmological theory today.
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15th May 2009 12:54 AM by Hound01 Go to last post
 
The God Virus
The God Virus
How Religion Infects our Lives and Culture

In The God Virus, the author uses the metaphor of religion as a virus to explain how religious ideas pass from individual to individual and infiltrate society.
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20th April 2009 11:12 AM by ziztur Go to last post
 
The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading (4th Edition)
The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading (4th Edition)

"Cold reading" taken apart, inspected in detail, and reassembled so you can see exactly how it works.
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11th April 2009 09:26 PM by Elizabeth I Go to last post
 
God:  The Failed Hypothesis.
God: The Failed Hypothesis.
How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist

A useful, well-argued discussion of how science disproves the existence of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God.
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7th March 2009 08:42 PM by canadarocks Go to last post
 
Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)
Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

A very readable overview of self-justification and dissonance theory. Reviews the scientific research on the topic and includes many real-world examples of how cognitive dissonance works. Includes pointers on how to combat our built-in tendency towards self-justification.
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7th March 2009 08:38 PM by canadarocks Go to last post
 
Lies, Damned Lies, and Science
Lies, Damned Lies, and Science

How to Sort through the Noise around Global Warming, the Latest Health Claims, and Other Scientific Controversies (subtitle)
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5th March 2009 06:19 PM by Dr H Go to last post
 
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
An excellent read

The struggle to perform well is universal: each of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives may be on the line with any decision.
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11th February 2009 05:57 PM by Kittyclaws Go to last post
 
The Canon
The Canon
A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science

Forget "A Candle in the Dark", THIS is the book for your woo friends! With barely a sniff of that word "skeptic" Natalie Angier has written a book that expresses almost everything we repeat over and over again on the forum. She does it in an entertaining way, while quoting... Read more
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30th January 2009 10:17 PM by maatorc Go to last post
 
Trick or Treatment
Trick or Treatment
The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine

(from Amazon.com): Noted science writer Singh and British professor of complementary medicine Ernst offer a reasoned examination of the research on acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine and other alternative treatments. Singh (Fermat's Last Theorem) and Ernst work hard to be... Read more
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15th January 2009 09:14 AM by Geek Goddess Go to last post
 
Seven Days in the Art World
1 Attachment(s) Seven Days in the Art World

The author lived in, and laid bare the status-driven world. Each of the seven chapters is a keenly observed profile of the art world's highest echelons: a Christie's auction, a crit session at the California Institute of the Arts, Art Basel art fair, the Turner Prize jurying, ArtForum magazine,... Read more
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14th January 2009 09:40 PM by d1artbob Go to last post
 
The Strange Case of William Mumler Spirit Photographer
The Strange Case of William Mumler Spirit Photographer

First Spirit Photographer is tried in Boston 1869 for the crime of obtaining money for "spirit photographs". He is found not guilty because no one ever caught the method he was using, but the judge says, "I am morally convinced that there may be fraud and deception." Portraits... Read more
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26th December 2008 11:47 AM by sgf8 Go to last post
 
A People's History of the Supreme Court
A People's History of the Supreme Court
The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions have Shaped our Constitution

From the beginnings of the U.S. Constitution, Iron takes readers behind the scenes to the people who are the names of our Supreme Court cases.
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16th November 2008 04:20 PM by sgf8 Go to last post
 
I Don't Believe In Atheists
I Don't Believe In Atheists
The “answer” to the recent spate of popular books by atheists, particularly Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens?

Intended as an answer to the likes of Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens and Harris, this book is a meandering, misrepresenting and poorly argued failure.
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25th September 2008 11:45 PM by Jon. Go to last post
 
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