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Paranormal borderlands of science

Author: Kendrick Frazier
Publisher: Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1981.
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Paranormal borderlands of science.
Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1981
(OCoLC)756462438
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kendrick Frazier
ISBN: 0879751487 9780879751487
OCLC Number: 7614511
Notes: Essays originally published in the Skeptical inquirer.
Description: xiii, 469 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Book I. Skeptical inquiries into the paranormal --
Psi phenomena and belief --
Is parapsychology a science? / Paul Kurtz --
Science, intuition, and ESP / Gary Bauslaugh --
Believing in ESP : effects of dehoaxing / Scot Morris --
Superstitions : old and new / William Sims Bainbridge and Rodney Stark --
Einstein and ESP / Martin Gardner --
Belief in ESP among psychologists / Vernon R. Padgett, Victor A. Benassi, Barry F. Singer --
Do fairies exist? / Robert Sheaffer --
Tricks of the psychic trade --
Cold reading : how to convince strangers that you know all about them / Ray Hyman --
Sleight of tongue / Ronald A. Schwartz --
Cold reading revisited / James Randi --
Geller-type phenomena --
The nonpsychic powers of Uri Geller / David Marks and Richard Kammann --
New evidence in the Uri Geller matter ; Examination of the claims of Suzie Cottrell / James Randi --
A test of 'psychic' photography / Christopher Scott and Michael Hutchinson --
The extraordinary mental bending of Professor Taylor / Martin Gardner --
Downfall of a would-be psychic / Donald H. McBurney and Jack K. Greenberg --
Stories of life and death --
Psychology and near-death experiences / James E. Alcock --
The case of the Amityville Horror / Robert L. Morris --
Betty through the looking-glass / Ernest H. Taves --
Rhythms of life --
Biorhythms : evaluating a pseudoscience / William Sims Bainbridge --
Biorhythm theory : a critical review / Terence M. Hines --
Book II. Inquiries into fringe-science --
Exploring science's fringes / Asimov's corollary / Isaac Asimov --
Astrology --
A statistical test of sun-sign astrology / John D. McGervey --
An empirical test of popular astrology / Ralph W. Bastedo --
The moon and the maternity ward / George O. Abell and Bennett Greenspan --
Results of U.S. test of the 'Mars effect" / Paul Kurtz, Marvin Zelen, George Abell --
Land and sea --
Critical reading, careful writing, and the Bermuda Triangle / Larry Kusche --
Cattle mutilations : an episode of collective delusion / James R. Stewart --
A controlled test of dowsing abilities / James Randi --
Extraterrestrial visitors --
Von Daniken's Chariots : a primer in the art of cooked science / John T. Omohundro --
Von Daniken's Golden Gods / Ronald D. Story --
Chariots of the gullible / William Sims Bainbridge --
Investigating the Sirius mystery / Ian Ridpath --
Cult archaeology and biology --
Anthropology beyond the fringe / John R. Cole --
Psychic archaeology : the anatomy of irrationalist prehistoric studies / Kenneth L. Feder --
Science and evolution in the public eye / Laurie R. Godfrey --
Planetary pinballs --
Scientists and Velikovsky / George O. Abell --
The Velikovsky Affair : Part I. Ideas in collision / James Oberg : Part II. Passions and purposes / Henry H. Bauer : Part III. The distortions continue / Kendrick Frazier --
Tunguska echoes / James Oberg --
UFOs by any other name --
NASA, the White House, and UFOs / Philip J. Klass--
Astronaut UFO sightings / James Oberg --
UFOs, the CIA and the New York Times / Philip J. Klass --
A controlled UFO hoax : some lessons / David I. Simpson --
The Persian Gulf UFO : fiery end to drama / James Oberg --
The semantics of UFOs / Anthony Standen.
Other Titles: Skeptical inquirer.
Responsibility: edited by Kendrick Frazier.

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