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Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by Paul Kurtz and publishes scientific, educational, and popular books, especially those of a secular humanist or scientific skepticism nature. Their headquarters are located in Amherst, New York and they publish worldwide. They have published books by personages such as Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman, Martin Gardner, Antony Flew, Ibn Warraq, George H. Smith, James Randi, Isaac Asimov, Molefi Asante and Philip J. Klass. The founder, Paul Kurtz, maintains a role as the chairman of the company.

Prometheus Books obtained the bulk of the books and manuscripts of Humanities Press International ^[1] and has been building and expanding this into a scholarly imprint called Humanity Books. This imprint is used to publish academic works across a wide spectrum of the Humanities.

In March 2005, Prometheus Books launched the science fiction and fantasy imprint Pyr.

As of 2006, the company under various imprints has approximately sixteen hundred books in print and published approximately 95-100 books per year. Since the founding they have published over 2500 books.

Prometheus Books name was derived from Prometheus, the Titan from Greek Mythology "who gave fire to humans, lighting the way to reason, intelligence, and independence." ^[2]

• Isaac Asimov. The Roving Mind (1983) (collection of essays). New edition published by Prometheus Books, 1997, ISBN 1-57392-181-5.
• Martin Gardner, Science: Good, Bad and Bogus. Prometheus Books, Buffalo NY (1989). ISBN 0-87975-573-3.
• Randi, James (1982), Flim-Flam!, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-198-3
• Randi, James (1982), The Magic of Uri Geller, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-345-24796-5
• Randi, James (1982), The Truth About Uri Geller, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-199-1
• Randi, James (1987,1989), The Faith Healers (Foreword by Carl Sagan), Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-369-2 and ISBN 0-87975-535-0
• Philip, Klass (1983), UFOs: The Public Deceived, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-322-6
• Philip, Klass (1989), UFO Abductions: A Dangerous Game, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-509-1
• Philip, Klass (1997), The Real Roswell Crashed-saucer Coverup, Prometheus Books, ISBN 1-57392-164-5
• Philip, Klass (1997), Bringing UFOs Down to Earth (for ages 9-12), Prometheus Books, ISBN 1-57392-148-3
• Polidoro, Massimo (2003), Secrets of the Psychics: Investigating Paranormal Claims, Prometheus Books, ISBN 1-59102-086-7

• Prometheus Books – Official website
• PYR site

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