The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behaviour

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This reviewer picked up "Sway" at a shop in order to complete a three-for-two deal ("It's free, yippee, and that should make me more happy about paying cover price for the other two shouldn't it, huh?") and wondered whether its contents would illuminate the irrational bias that...

Spektator

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Three sociologists ask "What kind of Americans believe in the paranormal?" The answer may surprise you.

And Why Should We Care?

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An explanation of the most important equation of our time.

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Bryson starts with the Big Bang and ends with modern era extinction - and in the intermediate 30 chapters takes in all the science needed to connect the two.

Marshall

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Anaximander's revolutionary contributions helped establish the tradition of finding natural causes to replace myth--a rational/empirical tradition which flourished in Ionian Greek cities for several centuries until around 100 BC and led to remarkably advanced science and technology.

Elizabeth I

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"Our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy. We see it everywhere - from Pearl Harbor to 9/11, from the assassination of JFK to the death of Princess Diana...[David] Aaronovitch...probes and explores a dozen of the major conspiracy theories , examines why people believe them, and makes an...

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The first major work in nearly a decade by one of the world's great thinkers, A marvelously concise book with new answers to the ultimate questions of life.

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A book that argues that there almost certainly is no God, and that we do not need religion to be moral.

From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies -- How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

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Michael Shermer’s newest work is a keen edge in a world of dull blades. Finally someone has come along and written on this subject providing actual scientific basis and biological evidence pointing to Man’s never ending struggle with his own brain and its propensity to paint itself into a corner.

Spektator

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A light but informative book about Richard Wiseman's exploration of the eerie.

How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy

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The Bible according to the "Antichrist of Silicon Valley"

How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist

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A useful, well-argued discussion of how science disproves the existence of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God.

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How to spot rubbish masquerading as reason; but lighter than it could have been on solutions.

Geek Goddess

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The story of Dr John Snow, the father of medical epidemiology, and how the London cholera epidemic helped start modern germ theory and urban water planning.

How Change Happens when People Come Together

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One of many books written about social networks, one of few worth writing about.