A scientist pretends to be a psychic for a day-and fools everyone. An athlete discovers that good-luck rituals and getting into -the zone+ may, or may not, improve his performance. A son explores the possiblities of alternative and experimental medicine for his cancer-ravaged mother. And a skeptic realizes that it is time to turn the skeptical lens onto science itself. In each of the fourteen essays in Science Friction, bestselling author Michael Shermer explores the very personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown. What do we know and what do we not know? How does science respond to controversy, attack, and uncertainty? When does theory become accepted fact? As always, Shermer delivers a thought-provoking, fascinating, and entertaining view of life in the scientific age.

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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
The Mind of the Market: How Biology and Psychology Shape Our Economic Lives