Skeptic. Rational view of the world

The idea of ​​writing about science for the general public arose with Shermer after reading the articles of an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist Stephen Guld, who believed that the exciting reality of nature should not be excluded from the sphere of literary efforts.

In the book of 75 fascinating and witty articles, from which the reader learns about the insight of Darwin, about how naked facts differ from scientific, about why the landing of Americans still took place, which is why smart people believe in stupidity and Even the formation does not save them, and why water from the crane is no worse than the one in the bottles.

Science, skepticism, aliens and UFOs, alternative medicine, human nature and evolution - this is far from the whole list of those about which the main American skeptic wrote. Michael Shermer calls the reader to maintain a rational view of the world, teaches to analyze the facts and skeptical about everything that seems obvious