| Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Michael Shermer |
| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Science, Pseudoscience |
| Publisher | Times Books |
| Publication date | December 9, 2004 |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback |
| ISBN | 0805077081 |
| OCLC Number | 55682384 |
| Dewey Decimal | 501 22 |
| LC Classification | Q175 .S53437 2005 |
| Preceded by | The Science of Good and Evil |
| Followed by | Why Darwin Matters |
Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown is a 2004 book by Michael Shermer, a historian of science and founder of The Skeptics Society. It contains thirteen essays about "personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown. What do we know, and what do we not know?"[1][2] These include an essay relating the author's experience of a day spent learning cold reading techniques well enough to be accepted as a psychic.[3][4] As well as covering skepticism and pseudoscience, Shermer discusses other topics touching on the subject of encouraging scientific thought, such as sport psychology and the writings of Stephen Jay Gould.[5]