The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
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Steven Novella
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An all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking from podcast host and academic neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine Steven Novella and his SGU co-hosts, which Richard Wiseman calls "the perfect primer for anyone who wants to separate fact from fiction."
It is intimidating to realize that we live in a world overflowing with misinformation, bias, myths, deception, and flawed knowledge. There really are no ultimate authority figures - no one has the secret, and there is no place to look up the definitive answers to our questions (not even Google).
Luckily, The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is your map through this maze of modern life. Here Dr. Steven Novella - along with Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Jay Novella, and Evan Bernstein - will explain the tenets of skeptical thinking and debunk some of the biggest scientific myths, fallacies, and conspiracy theories - from anti-vaccines to homeopathy, UFO sightings to N-rays. You'll learn the difference between science and pseudoscience, essential critical thinking skills, ways to discuss conspiracy theories with that crazy co-worker of yours, and how to combat sloppy reasoning, bad arguments, and superstitious thinking.
So are you ready to join them on an epic scientific quest, one that has taken us from huddling in dark caves to setting foot on the moon? (Yes, we really did that.) Don't Panic! With The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, we can do this together.
"Thorough, informative, and enlightening, The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe inoculates you against the frailties and shortcomings of human cognition. If this book does not become required reading for us all, we may well see modern civilization unravel before our eyes." (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
"In this age of real and fake information, your ability to reason, to think in scientifically skeptical fashion, is the most important skill you can have. Read The Skeptics' Guide Universe; get better at reasoning. And if this claim about the importance of reason is wrong, The Skeptics' Guide will help you figure that out, too." (Bill Nye)
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Steven Novella, Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Jay Novella, Evan Bernstein (P)2018 Hachette AudioCe que les critiques en disent
"A terrific book for anyone who wants a better understanding about the world around them and an essential guide to navigating modern life. The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe will help readers recognize pitfalls in reasoning, combat bad arguments and avoid superstitious thinking." (Simon Singh, skeptic & author of Fermat's Enigma)
"If everyone in the world were to read this book, we might just arrest humankind's depressing slide into truthlessness. Someone should put the Skeptics' Guide on the vaccination schedule." (Tim Minchin)
"Empowering and illuminating, this thinker's paradise is an antidote to spreading anti-scientific sentiments. Readers will return to its ideas again and again." (Publisher's Weekly)
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- toronto_girl
- 2019-05-18
A must-listen!
The book is fun and a great refresher (or introduction) to the vital skills of critical thinking and science skepticism. In a world so full of fakes and deception, this book feels like a breath of fresh air. I highly recommend it!
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- Josh White
- 2019-08-31
a good overview of skepticism
This book covers skepticism and is a how to guide for critical thinking. I highly recommend this book.
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- Olavo
- 2022-04-28
Why this is not thought in school?
This is a must-read to navigate life and avoid falling into fake news traps, scams or fallacies.
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- Steven Larsom
- 2018-12-09
Really enjoyed it.
This was a very good listen for anybody, not just fellow skeptics. Many people with psuedo-scientific beliefs would be better off after listening to this book. Highly recommended!
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- ben
- 2018-10-03
Amazing, I will buy the physical book aswell
I've been an SGU listener from the first podcast year, it was my first podcast and haven't missed an episode. I was excited to here of the book coming. great book! thank you
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- CarolLee Elliot
- 2018-11-08
Excellent! Entertaining and educational.
I throughly enjoyed this book. I have been listening to the podcast for about a year, and I found the explanation of the concepts regularly referred to on the show very helpful, and I enjoyed learning more about the history of the podcast and the skeptics. I am a skeptic by nature, and this book gives me the tools sharpen my approach and the terminology to use when discussing "fake news" and psuedo science.
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- Lenka Chvatal
- 2022-04-20
Awesome book!
This book and their podcast is extremely informative and entertaining. I have learned so much from them and am grateful they spend the time to write a book breaking down all the ideas. I wish this book was read in all schools. I can’t recommend it enough.
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- Colby
- 2022-11-18
Meatballs
Great book. Great narrator. I love the cast on the podcast.
We should all have meatballs together some day.
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- Barb
- 2018-10-11
Best audio book Ever!
This book should be core content for medical students. I especially liked chapter 10, 11 and 12.
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- Matthew
- 2018-10-24
Good, but redundant if you read a lot
The "guide" part is very apt, but they could even call this a reference guide.
I liked it, and it was very well done, but I have an engineering background, read a lot, etc, so I found it hard to extract anything novel. I have a friend who has both similar reading habits as me and listens to the SGU religiously, but after questioning me about the book also concluded that he too wouldn't get anything new out of the book (so he bought the book but won't listen to it.)
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