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Token Skeptic #71 - On Great Books In Skepticism - Podblack's Book Club With Embiggen Books
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 01:12:25
Publish Date: 2011-05-26 10:58:00
Description: This is an edited version (shortened slightly from the over-an-hour discussion!) from the 'PodBiggen' book talk that Warren Bonett of Embiggen Books and I had on Monday, May 16th, 2011. The NEW Embiggen Bookstore will be found near the Wheeler Centre. 197-203 Little Lonsdale Street, behind State Library. Also note - Leslie Cannold will be appearing at the new location on 28th July at 7pm to talk about her new novel "The Book of Rachael" - details on her site at http://cannold.com. Many, many thanks to Melbourne Skeptics and Melbourne Eastern Hills Skeptics for hosting us and being such a wonderful crowd! The Embiggen Bookstore will soon arrive in Melbourne - their official site is found at www.embiggenbooks.com. Books recommended include: Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs and Bad Ideas by Michael McRae Why people Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design by Michael Shermer Beyond Belief: Skepticism, Science and the Paranormal by Martin Bridgstock Bad Science by Ben Goldacre Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine by Simon Singh and Ezart Ernst Bad Astronomy by Phillip Plait Flim Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions by JamesRandi Faith Healers by James Randi Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things by Richard Wiseman 59 Seconds: How Psychology Can Improve Your Life in Less than a Minute by Richard Wiseman The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceives Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Lilienfeld, Lynn, Ruscio and Beyerstein Making Sense: Philosophy Behind the Headlines by Julian Baggini Do You Think What You Think You Think by Julian Baggini The Skeptic’s Dictionary by Robert Todd Carroll The Skeptic’s Guide to the Paranormal by Lynne Kelly The Science of Superstition (aka Supersense) by Bruce M Hood Crimes Against Logic by Whyte Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives by Specter Doubt: A History by Hecht Sleights of Mind by Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde and Sandra Blakeslee Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools Of Us All by Rose Shapiro Voodoo Histories: How Conspiracy Theory Has Shaped Modern History by David Aaronovitch Panic Virus: Fear, Myth and the Vaccination Debate by Seth Mnookin Autism’s False Prophets by Paul Offit Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition by Stuart Vyse Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be by Daniel Loxton Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries by Benjamin Radford Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus by Martin Gardner We also mention books like The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer and Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson and a few others that you can ask us about - visit Embiggen Books to get many more! This show is available on Zune, mp3 via Libsyn or iTunes. Visit www.tokenskeptic.org – and I’d love to get your feedback at tokenskeptic@gmail.com. Theme songs are 'P&P' by Derek K Miller of www.penmachine.com and '365' by Milton Mermikides, ofwww.miltonmermikides.com. Please considering supporting the show – head to the Merchandise link on the Token Skeptic site and keep an eye out for the forthcoming Token Skeptic book, available through Lulu.com.
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