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Skeptic Magazine, Volume 13 Number 1
Table of Contents

Skeptic magazine, vol 13, no 1

Cover Story

A Voyager in the Cosmos
An Interview with Ann Druyan
by Michael Shermer
Science, Religion &
Human Purpose
A Cosmic Perspective
by Robert Zubrin
Conversations with Carl
An excerpt from
Conversations with Carl
by Tom Head
The God Hypothesis
An excerpt from The Varieties of Scientific Experience
by Carl Sagan
Tributes to Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan’s Vision
by Freeman Dyson
Carl Sagan and Edward Teller
An Uneasy Alliance Over
Defending the Earth

by David Morrison
Carl Sagan & the Search for ET
by Tom McDonough
Leaving a Demon-Haunted World
by C. Pearson Solen
Popular and Pilloried
by Gregory Benford
The Sagan File
by Joel Achenbach
Our Place in the Universe
by Bill Nye “The Science Guy”

Reviews

Deities for Atheists
Civilized Life in the Universe: Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials, by George Basalla reviewed by Michael Shermer
Of Scholars, Scrolls
& Mushrooms
John Marco Allegro: The Maverick of the Dead Sea Scrolls, by Judith Anne Brown
reviewed by Tim Callahan
If God Could Talk
What Would he Say?
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, by Francis S.Collins
reviewed by Robert K. Eberle

News

Déjà vu in the Lab; Attention Paradox; Amygdala-driven Emotions
Pluto Downgraded
by Liam McDaid
Jews for Darwin
Evolution, Intelligent Design
& Orthodox Judaism
by Nathan Aviezer
Was Louis Pasteur
Anti-Evolution?
by John Cross

Articles

The Gospel of Food
The Myth of the Doctrine of Naught
by Barry Glassner
The Origin of Superstition, Magical Thinking & Paranormal Beliefs
An Integrative Model
by Marjaana Lindeman
and Kia Aarnio

Features

’Twas Brillig…
Bad Vibrations and
Magical Thinking
by James Randi
The SkepDoc
Don’t Let Them Hoodia-Wink You; Bunkum reigns in weight loss pills and bad back devices
by Harriet Hall, M.D.

Forum

Letters
Darwin as a Straw Man; Ball Lightning; Still Skeptical of Global Warming
Mordechai Ben-Ari’s Catastrophism Forum
Catastrophe in the Making; What About Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
George Case Opinion & Commentary Forum
Governments Do Lie:
Systemic Bias in the Mass Media
Longevity Forum
Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman defend their book Fantastic Voyage, Live Long Enough to Live Forever; Harriet Hall replies

Junior Skeptic

Evolution Part 1
written and illustrated
by Daniel Loxton and Jim WW Smith
Asking the Big Question; The Greeks and the Middle Ages; Key Discoveries Set the Stage: Extinction, and Deep Time; What Darwin Learned on His Voyage; Artificial Selection; Surplus Population and Struggle; Natural Selection; Descent with Modification; Is DNA like a Blueprint or a Recipe?; Mutation; Why Evolution is Like “Pimp My Ride”; Survival of the Fittest; The Limits of Evolution; Good Enough is Good Enough; The Majesty of Life
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