This book was written by a "skeptic", Michael Shermer . The definition of a skeptic is - that all claims have to be sustanciated by fact .This book deals with pseudoscience , superstition , and other confusions of our time . Warning - this book may raise serious questions in you . May also be too factual for some people . A really good book by a social scientest .You won't be able to put it down !

There is also a " skeptic" magizine.. a really great read...
Did you find that book at the " skeptic" website ?
Sorta related in spirit (pun) is the Badastronomy.com website.. it has that book for sale also...

FACTS RULE ! Facts also change.. but that does not mean we should not be looking and thinking at the highest level each of us is capable...

Alot of what we believe as adults is passed down information and non-fact based . Under scrutiny alot is really pseudoscience and superstition . Michael Shermer is the editor and founder of "Skeptic" magazine . He examines (and debunks) aliens and alien abduction , cults , creationism , satanic cults and ritual abuse , incredible religious claims with no documentation , why witches were burned and the phenomena of mass hystaria , many pseudo scientific therories and much much more . Interesting stuff ... This book ia a "must have", if you have an investigative and curious mind .