This books theme is the one of greatest practical importance to all of us: does some heaven or afterlife await us after we die? Most Americans, and even many atheists, believe that the answer is yes. If there is no heaven, how can we find purpose in life? Michael Shermer explores these big questions with the delightful, powerful style that made his previous books so successfulbut this is his best book. JARED DIAMOND, professor of geography at UCLA and Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and other books

Thank goodness for Michael Shermers sound and inspired mindfulness and for this importantly useful volume. Truly a delicious read. Ten Goldblums out of a possible ten Goldblums! JEFF GOLDBLUM, actor

Heavens on Earth is absolutely brilliant, filled with profundity, startling facts, and mind-expanding ideas. Michael Shermer somehow manages to be entertaining and scientifically erudite at the same time. He also brings some of historys greatest thinkers to life and makes their ideas accessible. This is one of the most fascinating books Ive read in a long time. AMY CHUA, Yale Law professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and coauthor of The Triple Package

I appreciate every evolutionary step skepticism takes toward openness. Heavens on Earth is an affirmation that other worldviews deserve respect and understanding. In this book science may actually be catching up with the worlds wisdom traditions. DEEPAK CHOPRA, M.D., coauthor of War of the Worldviews and You Are the Universe

Michael Shermer is a beacon of reason in an ocean of irrationality. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON, director of the Hayden Planetarium, host of Cosmos and StarTalk, and author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

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