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Great Skeptical Thinkers
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Nathan Murray
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This book, edited by Professor David Christopher Lane from Mt. San Antonio College, contains 13 distinct essays each written by a different author on the following famous skeptics:
- Brian Cox
- Sam Harris
- Phillip J. Klass
- James Randi
- Eugenie Scott
- Christopher Hitchens
- Paul Krugman
- Joe Nickell
- Ray Hyman
- Susan Blackmore
- Adam Savage
- Martin Gardner
- Harry Houdini
The authors include: Hee June Park, Veronica Ramirez, Tyler Cardena-Wagers, Hannah Esqueda, Jenny Wang, (Justin) Yuan-Chun Hsu, Cesar Hernandez, Jiselle Ramirez, Alexander Mendez, Kimberley Cang, Brian Tam, Tiffany Wang, and Felisha Jacobus.
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