This collection of critical essays and investigative reports examines virtually every area of fringe science and the paranormal from a refreshingly scientific and clear-minded viewpoint. The authors are noted scientists, philosophers, psychologists, and writers. All bring to the task a determination to sift sense from nonsense and fact from fiction in an area notorious for misinformation, misperception, self-delusion, and wishful thinking. They do so in a way that highlights the differences between real science and pseudoscience.They've made special efforts first to find the actual facts behind numerous claims that have popular appeal, and then to explain and communicate what scientific investigation and reasoning reveal about them. Subjects treated to incisive and entertaining examination include astrology, ESP, psychic detectives, psychic predictions, parapsychology, remote-viewing, UFOs, creationism, the Shroud of Turin, coincidences, cult archaeology, palmistry and fringe medicine. There are also explorations of the implications of paranormal beliefs for science education.
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Science Confronts the Paranormal (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1986) 367 pages (Library of Congress call number: BF1045.S33S44 1986) Best articles from 5 years of The Skeptical Inquirer. Thirty-eight articles by 34 different authors covering a wide range of paranormal subjects: parapsychology; ESP 'research'; astrology; UFOs; fringe archaeology; creationism; & cryptozoology. A rich source of critical examination of wild claims. Other books along this line are reviewed in a bibliography that can be discovered on the Internet using the following search term: "OCCULTISM AND SCIENCE". James Leonard Park, skeptic.
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- Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional Experiences by Jane Henry on page 88, and page 135
- Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction by Clifford A. Pickover in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Media-Graphy: A Bibliography of the Works of Paul Kurtz: Fifty-One Years, 1952-2003 by Ranjit Sandhu on page 25, and page 53
- Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the Senses by Victor J. Stenger on page 162, and page 196
- Entities: Angels, Spirits, Demons, and Other Alien Beings by Joe Nickell in Front Matter, and page 220
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