left: Speaker Dr. Paul MacCready’s company, AeroVironment, developed a lightweight, 247-foot solar-powered plane, Helios, that flew over Hawaii and reached an altitude of 96,863 feet. right: Speaker John Stossel, co-host of 20/20, on the cover of his bestselling book.

Michael Shermer

presented: “The Flipping Point. The Conversion of an Environmental Skeptic.”

Michael Shermer is the publisher of Skeptic magazine, the Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, and a monthly columnist for Scientific American. He is the author of Why Darwin Matters: Evolution and the Case Against Intelligent Design, Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown, The Science of Good and Evil, In Darwin’s Shadow: The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace, The Borderlands of Science, Denying History, How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God, and Why People Believe Weird Things.

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This lecture is on the 1st part of the Environmental Wars recordings set, available on DVD, VHS, CD or audio cassette formats. It is available to order individually, or as part of the full set.