Jump to content

User:Petertrussell/Skeptic's Library

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This page has been removed from search engines' indexes.

This is a list of works centered around scientific skepticism, religious skepticism, critical thinking, scientific literacy, and refutation of claims of the paranormal. It also includes titles about atheism, irreligion, and related subjects. It is intended as a starting point for research into these areas of study.

This list is sorted by title but uses the Cite book template which begins each listing with the author's last name.

See also: List of science books on evolution, List of books about philosophy

The Age of Reason - A rare, original copy on display at the Center for Inquiry library in Amherst, NY.

The Skeptic's Library

[edit]

A

[edit]
  • Loxton, Daniel (2013). Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231153201. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Kitcher, Philip (1983). Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism (Paperback ed.). MIT Press. ISBN 026261037X.
  • Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason. The Truth Seeker Company, Available for free on Google Books[1]. ISBN 1603863419. {{cite book}}: ref stripmarker in |publisher= at position 65 (help)
  • Gardner, Martin (1982). Aha! Gotcha: Paradoxes to Puzzle and Delight (Paperback ed.). W. H. Freeman & Co. ISBN 0716713616.
  • Gardner, Martin (1978). Aha! Insight (Paperback ed.). W. H. Freeman & Co. ISBN 071671017X.
  • Clayton, John C. (1998). Alexander Fox & the Amazing Mind Reader. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573922218.
  • Raso, Jack (1994). Alternative Healthcare (Consumer Health Library) (Hardcover ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-0879758912.
  • James, Peter (2001). Ancient Mysteries: Discover the Latest Intriguing, Scientifically Sound Explanations to Age-Old Puzzles (Paperback ed.). Ballantine Books. ISBN 0345434889. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Zusne, Leonard (1989). Anomalistic Psychology: A Study of Magical Thinking (Second ed.). Psychology Press. ISBN 0805805087. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Hofstadter, Richard (1966). Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (Paperback ed.). Vintage Books. ISBN 0394703170.
  • Capaldi, Nicholas (2007). The Art of Deception: An Introduction to Critical Thinking (Revised ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 159102532X. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Bronowski, Jacob (2011). The Ascent of Man (Paperback ed.). BBC Books. ISBN 1849901155.
  • Asimov, Isaac (1988). Asimov's Guide to the Bible. Wings. ISBN 051734582X.
  • Browne, M. Neil (2011). Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (10th ed.). Longman. ISBN 0205111165. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Crick, Francis (1995). The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul (Paperback ed.). Touchstone. ISBN 0684801582.
  • McGowan, Dale (2013). Atheism for Dummies. For Dummies. ISBN 978-1118509203.
  • Smith, George H. (1979). Atheism: The Case Against God (Paperback ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 087975124X.
  • Offit, Paul A. (2008). Autism's False Prophets : Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure (First ed.). Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14636-4.

B

[edit]

C

[edit]

D

[edit]

E

[edit]

F

[edit]

G

[edit]
  • Huber, Peter W. (1993). Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom (Paperback ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 0465026249.
  • de Becker, Gavin (1999). The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence (Paperback ed.). Dell Publishing. ISBN 0440508835.
  • Bakker, Gary (2013). GOD: A Psychological Assessment. Universal-Publishers. ISBN 1612331858.
  • Stollznow, Karen (2013). God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States. Pitchstone Publishing. ISBN 1939578000.
  • Dawkins, Richard (2006). The God Delusion. Mariner Books. ISBN 0618918248.
  • Hofstadter, Douglas R. (1999). Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (20th Anniversary ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 0465026567.
  • Holbrook, Steward (1962). The Golden Age of Quackery. Collier Books.
  • Frazer, James George (2009). The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Reissue ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199538824.
  • Hitchens, Christopher (2007). God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Twelve Books. ISBN 0446552291.
  • Helms, Randel (1988). Gospel Fictions (First ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879755725.
  • Campbell, Jeremy (1982). Grammatical Man: Information, Entropy, Language and Life (First ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0671440616.
  • Valenstein, Elliot S. (1986). Great and Desperate Cures: The Rise and Decline of Psychosurgery and Other Radical Treatments for Mental Illness (First ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 0465027105.

H

[edit]
  • Stollznow, Karen (2013). Haunting America (Kindle ed.). James Randi Educational Foundation. ASIN B00DSQVBAQ.
  • Barrett, Stephen (1993). The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America (Consumer Health Library ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879758554. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Dawes, Robyn (1996). House of Cards: Psychology and Psychotherapy Built on Myth (First ed.). Free Press. ISBN 0684830914.
  • Huff, Darrell (1993). How to Lie with Statistics (Reissue ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393310728.
  • Schick, Theodore (2014). How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0078038367. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Stanovich, Keith E. (2013). How to Think Straight about Psychology (10th ed.). Pearson. ISBN 0205914128.
  • Jillette, Penn (1992). How to Play with Your Food (First ed.). Villard Books. ISBN 0679743111. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Postman, Neil (2008). How to Watch TV News (Revised ed.). Penguin Books. ISBN 0143113771. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Shermer, Michael (2003). How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (2nd ed.). Holt Paperbacks. ISBN 0805074791.
  • Gilovich, Thomas (1993). How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (Paperback ed.). Free Press. ISBN 0029117062.
  • Showalter, Elaine (1997). Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Media (Paperback ed.). Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231104596.

I

[edit]
  • Mehta, Hemant (2007). I Sold My Soul on eBay: Viewing Faith through an Atheist's Eyes. Waterbrook Press. ISBN 1400073472.
  • Piattelli-Palmarini, Massimo (1996). Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule our Minds (Paperback ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 047115962X.
  • Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (2007). Infidel (First ed.). Free Press. ISBN 0-7432-9503-X.
  • Cialdini, Robert B. (2006). Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Revised ed.). Harper Business. ISBN 006124189X.
  • Paulos, John Allen (2001). Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences (Paperback ed.). Hill and Wang. ISBN 0809058405.
  • Blackmore, Susan (1996). In Search of the Light: The Adventures of a Parapsychologist (2nd ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573920614.
  • McGowan, Chris (1984). In the Beginning : A Scientist Shows why the Creationists Are Wrong (Paperback ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-0879752408.
  • Kevles, Daniel J. (1998). In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674445570.
  • Nickell, Joe (1998-07). Inquest on the Shroud of Turin: Latest Scientific Findings (Subsequent ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573922722. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  • Nickell, Joe (2001). Investigating the Paranormal (First Printing, Highlighted ed.). Barnes & Noble.

J

[edit]

K

[edit]

L

[edit]
  • Radford, Benjamin (2006-05-05). Lake Monster Mysteries: Investigating the World's Most Elusive Creatures (First Edition ed.). The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813123941. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Humphrey, Nicholas (1999). Leaps of Faith: Science, Miracles, and the Search for Supernatural Consolation (Paperback ed.). Copernicus. ISBN 0387987207.
  • Twain, Mark (2004). Letters from the Earth (Reprint ed.). Perennial Classics. ISBN 0060518650.
  • Kitcher, Philip (2009). Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith (Philosophy in Action Series ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195384342.
  • Cavender, Nancy (2014). Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life (12th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage Learning. ISBN 1133942288. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Dorner, Dietrich (1997). The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations (First ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 0201479486.
  • Nickell, Joe (1999). Looking for a Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata, Visions & Healing Cures. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573926809.

M

[edit]

N

[edit]
  • Evans, Bergen (1958). The Natural History of Nonsense (Paperback ed.). Vintage. ASIN B0018XXAHS.
  • Persinger, Michael A. (1987). Neuropsychological Bases of God Beliefs (First ed.). Praeger. ISBN 0275926486.
  • Gardner, Martin (1991). The New Age: Notes of a Fringe-Watcher. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879756446.
  • Gardner, Martin (1997). The Night is Large: Collected Essays, 1938-1995. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0312169493.
  • Basil (ed.), Robert (1988). Not Necessarily the New Age: Critical Essays. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879754907. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

O

[edit]
  • Asma, Stephen T. (2011). On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199798094. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Gardner, Martin (1992). On the Wild Side. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1591021154.
  • Darwin, Charles (2003). The Origin of Species (150th Anniversary ed.). Signet Classics. ISBN 0451529065. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Tyson, Neil deGrasse (2005). Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution.
  • Gamlin, Linda (1996). Origins of Life. Shooting Star Press. ISBN 1573355496.
  • Harris, Marvin (1990). Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, & Where We Are Going (Paperback ed.). Harper Perennial. ISBN 0060919906.
  • Haldeman-Julius, Emauel (1929). The Outline of Bunk. Haldeman-Julius Publishing.
  • Nickell, Joe (1996). The Outer Edge: Classic Investigations of the Paranormal.

P

[edit]

Q

[edit]

R

[edit]
  • Malkiel, Burton G. (2012). A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (10th ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393340740.
  • McGowan, Dale; Matsumura, Molleen; Metskas, Amanda; Devor, Jan (2009). Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief. New York: AMACOM. ISBN 0814410960.
  • Flew (ed.), Antony (1987). Readings in the Philosophical Problems of Parapsychology. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879753854. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  • Klass, Philip J. (1997). The Real Roswell Crashed-Saucer Coverup (First ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 1573921645.
  • Gellner, Ernest (1992). Reason and Culture: New Perspectives on the Past (First ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 0631137114.
  • Hughes, Liz Rank, ed. (1984). Reviews of Creationist Books. National Center for Science Education. ISBN 0-939-873-52-4.

S

[edit]
  • Gardner, Martin (1989). Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879755733.
  • Futuyma, Douglas J. (1995). Science on Trial. Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0878931848.
  • Radford, Benjamin (2010-07-01). Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries. Lisa Jong-Soon Goodlin (ed.) (First Ed. ed.). Rhombus Publishing Company. ISBN 093645511X. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  • Godfrey, Laurie R. (1981). Scientists Confront Creationism. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-30154-0.
  • Sturgess, Kylie (2012). The Scope of Skepticism: Interviews, Essays and Observations from the Token Skeptic Podcast. Podblack Books. ISBN 978-1-291-00501-1.
  • Kurtz (Editor), Paul. Skeptical Odysseys: Personal Accounts by the World's Leading Paranormal Inquirers. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-884-4. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  • Carroll, Robert Todd (2003-08-15). The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions (1 ed.). Wiley. ISBN 0471272426.
  • Pigliucci, Massimo (2013). A Skeptic's Skeptic. RationallySpeaking.org. ASIN B00E402OAG.
  • Tyson, Neil deGrasse (2004). The Sky is not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist. Prometheus Books.
  • Kaminer, Wendy (1999). Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials - The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety. Pantheon Books.
  • Macknik, Stephen L. (2011-11-22). Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions (Reprint ed.). Picador. ISBN 0312611676. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Roach, Mary (2005). Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-05962-6.
  • Allen, Steve (1990). Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality (First ed.). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0879756381.
  • Kaplan, Louis (2008). The Strange Case of William Mumler Spirit Photographer. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-5157-3.

T

[edit]

U

[edit]
  • Cromer, Alan (1995). Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195096363.
  • Krauss, Lawrence M. (2013-01-01). A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing. Atria Books. ISBN 1451624468.
  • Dawkins, Richard (1998). Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder. Mariner Books. ISBN 0618056734.

V

[edit]
  • Park, Robert. Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195135156.

W

[edit]

X

[edit]

Y

[edit]
  • Mehta, Hemant (2013). The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. Pantheos Press.

Z

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason". The Age of Reason. The Truth Seeker Company. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
[edit]