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Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by the philosopher Paul Kurtz (who was also the founder of the Council for Secular Humanism, Center for Inquiry, and co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry).[1][2] The publisher's name was derived from Prometheus, the Titan from Greek mythology who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to man. This act is often used as a metaphor for bringing knowledge or enlightenment.[3][4]
Prometheus Books publishes a range of books, focusing on topics such as science, freethought, secularism, humanism, and skepticism. It has published in the "atheism" category since its founding in 1969, and is considered the "grandfather" of atheist publishing in America.[5]
Their headquarters is located in Amherst, New York, and they publish worldwide. Jonathan Kurtz was an executive editor of Prometheus.[6] Rowman & Littlefield acquired Prometheus Books in 2019.[7]
The publisher has roughly 1,700 books currently in print,[8] and publishes approximately 95–100 books per year.[9] Since its founding, Prometheus Books has published more than 2,500 books.[10]
^Weber, Bruce (October 23, 2012). "Paul Kurtz, Humanist and Philosopher, Dead at 86". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^Oppenheimer, Mark (October 1, 2010). "Rift at Humanist Center Reveals a Deeper Division". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^Pyne, Stephen J. (June 5, 2016). "Fire in the mind: changing understandings of fire in Western civilization". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 371 (1696): 20150166. doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0166. ISSN 0962-8436. PMC 4874404. PMID 27216523.
^"Prometheus Books". www.prometheusbooks.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^Winston, Kimberly (April 12, 2013). "Atheists, the Next Generation: Unbelief Moves Further into the Mainstream". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^Frazier, Kendrick (May–June 2020). "Promethus Unbound: Publisher of Skeptic, Freethought Books Enters a New Phase". Skeptical Inquirer. Vol. 44, no. 3. Amherst, New York: Center for Inquiry. pp. 6–9.
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^"Rowman & Littlefield Acquires Prometheus Books". Rowman & Littlefield. Archived from the original on January 18, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^"Working at Prometheus Books". Glassdoor. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^"Prometheus Books: Accepting Submissions". Authors Publish. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
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The Magic of Uri Geller; New York: Ballantine Books]. The Truth About Uri Geller. New York: PrometheusBooks. ISBN 978-0879751999. OCLC 9164994. —— (1987)...
Bayes's Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus. Amherst, NY: PrometheusBooks. ISBN 978-1-61614-560-6. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021...
James (2002). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. PrometheusBooks. ISBN 1-61592-738-7. Juergensmeyer & Roof 2011, p. 272. Fowler, Jeaneane...
Conan Doyle. PrometheusBooks. ISBN 978-1-57392-896-0. Daniel Stashower (2000). Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-8050-5074-4...
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created two cartoons in which Prometheus appears - The Return from Olympus (Возвращение с Олимпа, 1969) and Prometheus (Прометей, 1974), as part of her...
Pseudoscience and the Paranormal (Second ed.). Amherst, New York: PrometheusBooks. p. 420. ISBN 978-1-57392-979-0. Regal, Brian. (2009). Pseudoscience:...
872 Campbell, Steuart. (1997). The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence. PrometheusBooks. p. 33. ISBN 978-1573921787 Tim Dinsdale Loch Ness Monster pp. 44–45...
Robert S. (1996). "Theosophy". The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal. PrometheusBooks. pp. 759–66. ISBN 978-1-57392-021-6. Regal, Brian (2009). Pseudoscience:...
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