James Randi
James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a Canadian-American stage magician and a scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He was the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), originally known as the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). He also founded the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). He began his career as a magician under the stage name The Amazing Randi and later chose to devote most of his time to investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims, which he collectively called "woo-woo".Randi retired from practicing magic at age 60, and from the JREF at 87. Although often referred to as a "debunker", Randi said he disliked the term's connotations and preferred to describe himself as an "investigator". He wrote about paranormal phenomena, skepticism, and the history of magic. He was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, famously exposing fraudulent faith healer Peter Popoff, and was occasionally featured on the television program Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - wikipeadia
19 Books Written
This book deserves a place alongside the many wonderful tricks that James Randi has pulled off in his amazing career. He's gotten 24 of the finest magicians in the world to contribute favorite tricks to this collection. Some can be done with little or no practice, others will take some rehearsal. All are fiendishly clever and many are very funny besides. Contributors range from David Copperfield t
James Randi is internationally known as a magician and escape artist. But for the past thirty-five years of his professional life, he has also been active as an investigator of the paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims that have impressed the thinking of the public for a ESP, psychokinesis, psychic detectives, levitation, psychic surgery, UFOs, dowsing, astrology, and many others. Those of u
There is more to Uri Geller than his countless "miracles" - and James (The Amazing) Randi tells all in this fascinating examination of the Geller myth.What really makes Geller run?Why have scientists reported on all Geller's "successful" psychic tests and ignored his many failures?Why will Uri perform almost anywhere, anytime, except in front of professional magicians?Can G
Nostradamus finally meets his match—internationally famous magician and debunker of New Age quackery—James Randi! The Mask of Nostradamus is the first in-depth biography of this intriguing sixteenth-century astrologer and physician whose book of prophecies, The Centuries, is claimed by many to have foretold the Great Fire of London, the French Revolution, the rise
James Randi, the celebrated magician, has written a damning indictment of the faith-healing practices of the leading televangelists and others who claim divine healing powers. Randi and his team of researchers attended scores of "miracle services" and often were pronounced "healed" of the nonexistent illnesses they claimed. They viewed first-hand the tragedies resulting from the wide-spread belief
Telepathy, spoon-bending, spiritualism, fortune-telling, astrology and other apparently supernatural phenomena exert a continuing fascination for both sceptics and believers. James Randi, magician and psychic investigator, sets out to expose the world of the paranormal, exploring the myths of the occult and uncovering a few psychic tricksters in the process. The book is published to tie in with an
Provides the history of magic and discusses the exploits of some of the world's most notorious magicians
An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
by James Randi
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
Covers illusions, psychics, mystics, clairvoyants, and frauds
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The Amaz!ng Meeting 6 — I, Skeptic: Modern Skepticism in the Internet Age [5 Disc Set]
by James Randi
Keynote speaker Neil DeGrasse Tyson, biology professor PZ Myers, Australian skeptic Richard Saunders, screenwriter Matthew Chapman, mathematician Arthur T. Benjamin, medical blogger Steven Novella, Bad Science writer Ben Goldacre, What's The Harm?'s Tim Farley and journalist Sharon Begley. June 19-22, 2008 Las Vegas, NV
Fall 1979 issue of the Skeptical Inquirer (The Zetetic), published by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. With articles on anti-evolution propaganda, dowsing, TV's pseudodocumentaries, Edward Cayce, a reply to John White's attack on CSICP, and more plus book reviews. 80 pages.
Skeptic Magazine Prayer & Healing 2006
by James Randi
Skeptic Magazine Sagan on God 2007
by James Randi
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Replicating the real thing: UFOs, photographs, and the burdon of proof.: An article from: Skeptic
by James Randi
Preparation 500, magnet man, and comet Nostradamus.(biodynamic practice): An article from: Skeptic
by James Randi