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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0
Book reviews dealing with science or other skeptical topics. --- ## [Korrels en Kaf deur Etienne van Zyl](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/korrels-en-kaf-deur-etienne-van-zyl/7374)
**Author:** [@Etienne](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Etienne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 November 2025 09:19 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/korrels-en-kaf-deur-etienne-van-zyl/7374 "2025-11-18T09:19:06Z")
Korrels en Kaf Deur Etienne van Zyl Korrels en Kaf is bedoel as gids om getuienis krities te evalueer eerder as om op emosies of intuïsie staat te maak in die vestiging van ons oortuigings. Die boek skop af met ’n gev… --- ## [The story of god.](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-story-of-god/4938)
**Author:** [@Tweefo](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Tweefo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 September 2016 15:48 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-story-of-god/4938 "2016-09-26T15:48:23Z")
Just finished this and what a laugh. After part 1 (Old Testament) part 2 was a bit of a letdown, but still good. My full recommendation. I bought it on Kindle, so if any of you want to try it I can share it. Just not sur… --- ## [Think: Why you should question everything](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/think-why-you-should-question-everything/4785)
**Author:** [@Mintaka](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Mintaka)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [11 January 2015 10:52 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/think-why-you-should-question-everything/4785 "2015-01-11T10:52:11Z")
This book effectively promotes skepticism as a force field that protects us from all sorts of onslaughts on the mind. It simultaneously hails the human brain as the magnificent machine that it is, while also cautioning a… --- ## [The Disappearing Spoon](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-disappearing-spoon/4410)
**Author:** [@Mintaka](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Mintaka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [2 February 2013 06:26 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-disappearing-spoon/4410 "2013-02-02T06:26:51Z")
It can’t be all to easy taking an ostensibly humdrum yet potentially intimidating theme - say, the Periodic Table of the Elements - and turning it into an unexpectedly good read. But the young Sam Kean pulls it off beau… --- ## [Thinking in Numbers: How maths illuminates our lives](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/thinking-in-numbers-how-maths-illuminates-our-lives/4397)
**Author:** [@Mintaka](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Mintaka)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 January 2013 08:08 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/thinking-in-numbers-how-maths-illuminates-our-lives/4397 "2013-01-15T08:08:28Z")
A collection of 25 essays that presumably attempts to link numbers and mathematics to subjects as diverse as history and psychology. As interesting but light reading fodder, I found the essays average to good. The author… --- ## [Atheist Christmas novel.](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/atheist-christmas-novel/4370)
**Author:** [@cr1t](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/cr1t)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 December 2012 09:38 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/atheist-christmas-novel/4370 "2012-12-13T09:38:04Z")
I’ve not read it, but looks interesting maybe a Christmas gift if you do that sort of thing. --- ## [There's a Bantu in my Bathroom](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/theres-a-bantu-in-my-bathroom/4330)
**Author:** [@Faerie](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Faerie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [22 November 2012 05:43 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/theres-a-bantu-in-my-bathroom/4330 "2012-11-22T05:43:42Z")
A gay, liberal, atheist, coloured (but identifies himself as black) South African bought up on the Cape Flats but who managed to escape the poverty of most his peers, provides some interesting debates and insights. Some… --- ## [How Long is a Piece of String](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/how-long-is-a-piece-of-string/4211)
**Author:** [@Mintaka](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Mintaka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [19 July 2012 10:46 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/how-long-is-a-piece-of-string/4211 "2012-07-19T10:46:08Z")
This short book is a sequel to Why do Buses come in Threes by the same authors, Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham. It explores the math and numbers behind topics such as elevators, fractals and Sierpinski triangles, chaos … --- ## [Snake Oil Science by R. Barker Bausell](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/snake-oil-science-by-r-barker-bausell/4181)
**Author:** [@Hermes](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Hermes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 June 2012 12:34 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/snake-oil-science-by-r-barker-bausell/4181 "2012-06-18T12:34:28Z")
SNAKE OIL SCIENCE The Truth About Complimentary and Alternative Medicine by R. Barker Bausell Oxford University Press. Millions of people worldwide swear by such therapies as acupuncture, herbal cures, and homoeopath… --- ## [The Magic of Reality](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-magic-of-reality/3998)
**Author:** [@Faerie](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Faerie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [13 January 2012 11:04 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-magic-of-reality/3998 "2012-01-13T11:04:08Z")
Dawkins’ new book aimed at children is a winner, I’m only a quater way in but its a delightful read and kids should love it. Very factual, and each chapter starts with a question which then is answered on an easy to und… --- ## [Believing Bullshit](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/believing-bullshit/3979)
**Author:** [@Mintaka](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Mintaka)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 December 2011 06:55 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/believing-bullshit/3979 "2011-12-30T06:55:31Z")
While I must apologise for not even having read this book, I cannot resist drawing attention to it and it’s Amazonian reviews. This I do on the thoroughly unskeptical belief that Stephen Law will never disappoint. … --- ## [The God Virus: How religion infects our lives and culture.” by Darrel Ray](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-god-virus-how-religion-infects-our-lives-and-culture-by-darrel-ray/3939)
**Author:** [@ingwe](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/ingwe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [22 November 2011 08:59 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-god-virus-how-religion-infects-our-lives-and-culture-by-darrel-ray/3939 "2011-11-22T08:59:39Z")
I have just finished reading “The God Virus: How religion infects our lives and culture.” by Darrel Ray. He expands on the Dawkins idea of memes and proposes that those who are religious are infected with a virus type me… --- ## [Blame Hitchens, Dawkins and Harris - Essays of a new atheist](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/blame-hitchens-dawkins-and-harris-essays-of-a-new-atheist/3931)
**Author:** [@bobilus](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/bobilus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [15 November 2011 13:09 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/blame-hitchens-dawkins-and-harris-essays-of-a-new-atheist/3931 "2011-11-15T13:09:27Z")
Quite an interesting read, the writer (G.M. Jackson) describes how he lost he faith and in short essays the arguments that made him a disbeliever. --- ## [Moses was a Liar](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/moses-was-a-liar/3371)
**Author:** [@gothcatgirl](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/gothcatgirl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [16 August 2011 08:52 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/moses-was-a-liar/3371 "2011-08-16T08:52:34Z")
on page 141!!! ;D --- ## [Book by Dan Barker: GODLESS](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/book-by-dan-barker-godless/3701)
**Author:** [@Barry\_le\_Roux](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Barry_le_Roux)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [16 August 2011 08:45 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/book-by-dan-barker-godless/3701 "2011-08-16T08:45:32Z")
“Atheists are the last of the minorities in America to come out of the closet, and like other civil rights movements this one began with leaders like Dan Barker and his Freedom from Religion Foundation defending the civi… --- ## [Letters to Christian Leaders by Jake Farr-Wharton ](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/letters-to-christian-leaders-by-jake-farr-wharton/3804)
**Author:** [@ingwe](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/ingwe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 July 2011 09:46 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/letters-to-christian-leaders-by-jake-farr-wharton/3804 "2011-07-14T09:46:56Z")
http://www.amazon.com/Letters-to-Christian-Leaders-ebook/dp/B004JF4NGE I am reading this at the moment. Jake is typically irreverent in his response to the sermons and writings of various Christian leaders. --- ## [A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-bill-bryson/3765)
**Author:** [@The\_Vulcan](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/The_Vulcan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [17 June 2011 12:18 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-bill-bryson/3765 "2011-06-17T12:18:11Z")
Has anyone read it? I think it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a while. --- ## [Book by Philip Ball](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/book-by-philip-ball/3694)
**Author:** [@Barry\_le\_Roux](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Barry_le_Roux)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 May 2011 04:23 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/book-by-philip-ball/3694 "2011-05-09T04:23:03Z")
Book THE SELF-MADE TAPESTRY Pattern formation in nature by Philip Ball Why do similar patterns and forms appear in nature in settings that seem to bear no relation to one another? The windblown ripples of desert sand… --- ## [The Great Philosophers](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-great-philosophers/3677)
**Author:** [@Mintaka](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Mintaka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [3 May 2011 06:21 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-great-philosophers/3677 "2011-05-03T06:21:33Z")
Stephen Law does a great job catering for those casually curious about philosophy and its most prominent practitioners in this introductory volume. This is a refreshing book, and I appreciate its succinctness - it never … --- ## [Book by Victor Stenger](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/book-by-victor-stenger/3680)
**Author:** [@Barry\_le\_Roux](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Barry_le_Roux)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [2 May 2011 13:53 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/book-by-victor-stenger/3680 "2011-05-02T13:53:27Z")
Victor Stenger has written several books on Science vs Religion. This is his latest: I have read several of his other books and can only recommend all of them. Barryl --- ## [Hawking's Book?](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/hawkings-book/3315)
**Author:** [@Brian](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Brian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [8 March 2011 18:48 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/hawkings-book/3315 "2011-03-08T18:48:30Z")
Has anybody read his latest yet? I havn’t had the time to get one but would like to hear what the scientists among us especially have to say about it. --- ## [The Shack](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-shack/3476)
**Author:** [@Brian](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Brian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [16 January 2011 08:51 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-shack/3476 "2011-01-16T08:51:14Z")
A woo-ish friend gave me “The Shack” by William Young to read. Now there are only two books in my whole life that I’ve failed to finish reading: “The Shack” is the 2nd! It’s astounding that books like this Get the expo… --- ## [The Burglar in the Bin Bag](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-burglar-in-the-bin-bag/3357)
**Author:** [@Meadon](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Meadon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [3 November 2010 14:15 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-burglar-in-the-bin-bag/3357 "2010-11-03T14:15:37Z")
Have any of you heard of Arthur Goldstuck? Before the other day I hadn’t, but it turns out he’s a rather prominent South African skeptic. He’s written no fewer than six books on urban legends. His latest is “The Burglar …