Prometheus Books

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Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by Paul Kurtz and publishes scientific, educational, and popular books, especially those of a secular humanist or scientific skepticism nature. Their headquarters are located in Amherst, New York and they publish worldwide. They have published books by personages such as Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman, Martin Gardner, Antony Flew, Ibn Warraq, George H. Smith, James Randi, Isaac Asimov, Molefi Asante and Philip J. Klass. The founder, Paul Kurtz, maintains a role the chairman of the company.

Prometheus Books obtained the bulk of the books and manuscripts of Humanities Press International ^[1] and has been building and expanding this into a scholarly imprint called Humanity Books. This imprint is used to publish academic works across a wide spectrum of the Humanities.

In March 2005, Prometheus Books launched the science fiction and fantasy imprint Pyr.

As of 2006, the company under various imprints has approximately sixteen hundred books in print and published approximately 95-100 books per year. Since the founding they have published over 2500 books.

Prometheus Books name was derived from "the courageous Greek god who gave fire to humans, lighting the way to reason, intelligence, and independence." ^[2]