Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer ( born September 8, 1954 in Glendale, California) is an American science writer, historian of science and founder of the Skeptics Society.

Life

Shermer was for 16 years professor of psychology and history of science, and is editor of the magazine and director of the Skeptics Society SKEPTIC in Altadena near Los Angeles. He is the author of several books, including Why People Believe Weird Things (1997) and How We Believe: The Search for God in on Age of Science ( 2000), and published a monthly skeptical column in Scientific American. Michael Shermer is co-organizer of the Race Across America bicycle race. Shermer made ​​mainly as a critic of creationism and Holocaust denier scene a name.

Shermer also was a producer and co-host of a U.S. television series called "Exploring the Unknown ". Since April 2001 he writes the column " Skeptic " for Scientific American, the U.S. edition of Scientific American. He admits to have once been a fundamentalist Christian, however, to have come loose during his training from God faith. He has described himself as an agnostic, non- theist and atheist, as a representative of humanism and the Science of Morality. However, he feels reservations regarding these names, because he sees it as a tool to pigeonholing, and prefers the term " Skeptic ". He was interviewed by Ben Stein for his documentary Expelled.

Training

  • Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School: 1991 History of Science ( dissertation: Heretic - Scientist: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Evolution of Man: A Study on the Nature of Historical Change Ann Arbor, MI:. UMI Dissertation Information Service )
  • M. A. California State University, Fullerton: 1978 Experimental Psychology
  • B. A. Pepperdine University: 1976 Psychology / Biology

Activities

Honors

  • Fellow, 2001 Linnean Society of London
  • Alumni of the Year, 2001, California State University, Fullerton
  • Isaac Asimov Award, 2001, New York Area Skeptics
  • Robert Ingersoll Award, Rationalists of East Tennessee
  • Carl Sagan Award, 2000, American Humanist Association, " For those: whose efforts include educating the public about science and its methods. "
  • Best Books of 2000, How We Believe, Washington Post Book World Biography, Contemporary Authors, 1999, Published by the Gale Group
  • Visiting Scholar for 1998, Pasadena City College
  • Honored Speaker, Urania, Berlin, Germany, October 12, 1998
  • Alumni of the Year, 1997, Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton
  • Top 100 Books of 1997, Why People Believe Weird Things, Los Angeles Times Book Review

English

  • Sports Cycling. A Guide to Training, Racing, and Endurance. 1985, ISBN 0-8092-5244-9
  • Cycling: Endurance and Speed ​​( Sport Performance ). 1987, ISBN 0-8092-4775-5
  • Teach Your Child Science. 1989, ISBN 0-929923-08-1
  • Teach Your Child Math and Math Magic. 1999, ISBN 0-7373-0134-1
  • The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense. 2001, ISBN 0-19-514326-4
  • How We Believe: The Search for God in on Age of Science. 2001, ISBN 0-613-35413-3
  • Denying History. Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? 2002, ISBN 0-520-23469-3
  • In Darwin 's Shadow. The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace. A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History. 2002, ISBN 0-19-514830-4
  • Why People Believe Weird Things. Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time. 2nd revision edition. 2002, ISBN 0-8050-7089-3
  • The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. ( Editor ), 2003, ISBN 1-57607-653-9
  • The Science of Good and Evil. Why People Cheat, Gossip, Share, Care, and Follow the Golden Rule. 2004, ISBN 0-8050-7520-8
  • Science Friction. Where the Known Meets the Unknown. 2005, ISBN 0-8050-7708-1
  • Why Darwin Matters. The Case Against Intelligent Design. 2006, ISBN 0-8050-8121-6
  • The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies. 2011, ISBN 0-8050-9125-4

German

  • Michael Shermer, Arthur Benjamin ( ed.): Math Magic. Amazing tricks for lightning-fast mental arithmetic and a phenomenal memory for numbers. Heyne, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-61502-1.
  • Michael Shermer, Lee Traynor (ed.): promises of healing. 2nd revised edition. Alibri, Aschaffenburg 2004, ISBN 3-932710-86- X, ( Sceptic Yearbook 3).
  • Michael Shermer, Benno Maidhof - Christig, Lee Traynor (ed.): end wobble. Prophets, projections, Propaganda. Alibri, Aschaffenburg 1998, ISBN 3-932710-11-8, ( Sceptic yearbook 2).
  • Michael Shermer, Benno Maidhof - Christig, Lee Traynor (ed.): arguments and criticism. Racism, the denial of the Holocaust, AIDS without HIV, and other questionable assertions. Alibri among others, Aschaffenburg, inter alia, 1996, ISBN 3-9804386-3-5, ( Sceptic Yearbook 1, 1997).

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