En The Skeptic (de Michael Shermer) se publicó la encuesta mencionada en el
subject (no son ni los mejores, ni los de más alto impacto, sino los que la
gente mas recomienda para leer (por ej: los docentes a sus alumnos), 300
personas respondieron a la encuesta:
El top one es "El hombre y sus demonios" de Carl Sagan.
Les transcribo la lista.


THE TOP 10

* Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Carl Sagan. The
famous astronomer's most powerful writings on UFOs, alien abductions, and
all manner of pseudoscience and paranormal experiences.
* Why People Believe Weird Things, Michael Shermer. A skeptical and
scientific manifesto that includes analyzes of creationism, Holocaust
denial, immortality, near-death experiences, cults, and the nature of
pseudoscience and superstition.
* Flim Flam!: Psychics, ESR Unicorns and Other Delusions, James Randi.
The classic work of the master investigator of psychics and scam artists
that includes his many personal investigations of the paranormal.
* Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, Martin Gardner. The book
that launched the skeptical movement. Still current after 50 years, covers
UFOs, scientology, alternative medical claims, and more.
* How to Think About Weird Things, Theodore Schick & Lewis Vaughn. The
best textbook on pseudoscience ever written, supremely organized for both
teachers and students and already widely adopted in colleges and universities.
* The Faith Healers, James Randi. The "Amazing" magician's greatest
expose as revealed on The Tonight Show, Randi uncovers the secret world of
televangalism and shows all the tricks of their unseemly trade.
* How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science, Michael
Shermer. Explains why people believe in God, the origin and evolution of
religion, the origin of the Messiah Myth, the relationship between science
and religion, agnosticism.
* The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher, Martin Gardner. Essays from
the most prolific skeptical author of our time on dozens of paranormal and
pseudoscience claims.
* The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould. Debunks theories of racial
differences in intelligence, shows how science is influenced by cultural
forces, how it can also be self-correcting.
* Voodoo Science: The Road From Foolishness to Fraud, Robert L. Park.
The physicist analyzes cold fusion, perpetual motion machines, free energy
claims, and how well-meaning scientists can go down the wrong road through
self-deception.
Saludetes
Carolus Magnus