ISBN10: 071673561X, ISBN13: 9780716735618, [publisher: W H Freeman & Co] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 071673561X, ISBN13: 9780716735618, [publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd, New York] Hardcover First Edition Fine condition 1st Edition/1st Printing hardcover in Fine condition dust jacket SIGNED by Michael Shermer on the title page without inscription. Book is flawless. Dust jacket has a few small wrinkles at top and bottom of back panel--very minor-but is still in Fine condition. Book and dust jacket will be bubble-wrapped and carefully shipped in a sturdy box to make sure they arrive in pristine, collectible condition. "Well-researched, comprehensive, and persuasive. How We Believe is especially notable in stressing the great power of narration as the vehicle of complex thought.The humanistic, evolutionary explanation may in fact be ready to break out of the intellectually remote domain in which it has been developed and too long hemmed in." - Edward O. Wilson
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ISBN10: 071673561X, ISBN13: 9780716735618, [publisher: W H Freeman & Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. This text explores what drives us to believe, to have faith, and to create and flock to religions the world over. Throughout, Michael Shermer is interested in the how and why rather than the right or wrong, proving or disproving. This analysis is designed for anyone, whether devout believer or devoted agnostic, spiritual searcher or armchair anthropologist. Mint, new, unread, first edition. first printing, in new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NF40
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ISBN10: 071673561X, ISBN13: 9780716735618, [publisher: W H Freeman & Co] Hardcover
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W. H. Freeman and Company 2000 First Edition Hardcover Fine jacket 302 pages. This book 'explores how and why humans put their faith in a higher power, even in the face of scientific skepticism'--from the front flap. Shermer is the publisher of Skeptic magazine. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Dedication copy; inscribed by the author to Stephen Jay Gould, to who is often referenced in the book and to whom the book is dedicated. 'Steve--Thanks for making our short tenure on this planet that much richer, both intellectually and spiritually. In Glorious contingency, Michael Shermer. ' From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. With a tipped in bookplate indicating the provenance. *** Intellectually, Gould understood the true nature of these bookplates, but the book collector in him appreciated them. In his essay 'A Seahorse for All Races' Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: 'Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book. ' *** We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit. This text explores what drives us to believe, to have faith, and to create and flock to religions the world over. Throughout, Michael Shermer is interested in the how and why rather ...

ISBN10: 071673561X, ISBN13: 9780716735618, [publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company] Hardcover First Edition 302 pages. This book 'explores how and why humans put their faith in a higher power, even in the face of scientific skepticism' -- from the front flap. Shermer is the publisher of Skeptic magazine. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Dedication copy; inscribed by the author to Stephen Jay Gould, to who is often referenced in the book and to whom the book is dedicated. 'Steve -- Thanks for making our short tenure on this planet that much richer, both intellectually and spiritually. In Glorious contingency, Michael Shermer.' From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. With a tipped in bookplate indicating the provenance. *** Intellectually, Gould understood the true nature of these bookplates, but the book collector in him appreciated them. In his essay 'A Seahorse for All Races' Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: 'Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book.' *** We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit. This text explores what drives us to believe, to have faith, and to create and flock to ...
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