Michael Shermer

Michael Shermer is a science writer, historian of science, and the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine. He also hosts The Michael Shermer Show podcast and served as a contributing editor and monthly columnist for Scientific American for 18 years. Shermer holds a B.A. in psychology from Pepperdine University, an M.A. in experimental psychology from California State University, Fullerton, and a Ph.D. in the history of science from Claremont Graduate University.

His books include the New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things, The Believing Brain, Why Darwin Matters, The Science of Good and Evil, The Moral Arc, Heavens on Earth, and Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational. He is also a coauthor, with Arthur Benjamin, of Secrets of Mental Math.