Michael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. Wikipedia
Born: 1954 (age 69 years), Los Angeles, CA
Spouse: Jennifer Graf (m. 2014)
Affiliation: Chapman University
Research interests: Science, History of Science, Pseudoscience, and more
Books
Why People Believe Weird Things
1997
The Believing Brain: From Spiritual Faiths to Political Convictions – How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
2011
The Moral Arc
2015
The Science of Good and Evil
2004
Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist
2020
Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational
2022