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First published in hardcover in 2000 by W. H. Freeman and Company

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shermer, Michael.

How we believe: science, skepticism, and the search for God /

Michael Shermer.—2nd ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-7479-6

ISBN-10: 0-8050-7479-1

1. Religion and science. 2. Faith and reason. 1. Title.

BL240.2.S545 1999

99-40406

215—dc21

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