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Michael Shermer of the Skeptic Society is one of the top science speakers today. His rational approach to science and society and his critiques on bunk, psuedoscience, junk science, and just plain bad science earns him a reputation for being a top skeptic.

This book, Why Darwin Matters, gives us the positive history of evolution and natural selection in history, in science, in society and in technology.

Shermer easily dissects Intelligent Design (ID) as a hypothesis that doesnt further knowledge and the pursuit of science, but as a "show stopper" where things become too complex, a designer must have done it.

He honestly deals with some of the perversions of natural selection as it applies to the horrible practice of social darwinism practiced by people, and aptly shows that it's not the theory of natural selection or evolution that causes these things, but the perversion of science and the ability of some people to take a theory and take it out of context.

A great book, a must read especially if you care about science or science education.

Updated May 21, 2008