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− | + | '''James Randi''' (born August 7, 1928) (stage name The Amazing Randi) is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | |
− | James Randi (born August 7, 1928) (stage name The Amazing Randi) is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | + | |
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Randi began his career as a magician, but then became a debunker of the paranormal. He has written about the paranormal, skepticism, and the history of magic. | Randi began his career as a magician, but then became a debunker of the paranormal. He has written about the paranormal, skepticism, and the history of magic. | ||
− | Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). | + | Randi is the founder of the [[James Randi Educational Foundation]] (JREF). |
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+ | He was a frequent guest on the [[The Tonight Show]] Starring [[Johnny Carson]], and is occasionally featured on the television program [[Penn & Teller]]: Bullshit!. | ||
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*''James Randi: Psychic Investigator'', 1991, ISBN 1-85283-144-8 | *''James Randi: Psychic Investigator'', 1991, ISBN 1-85283-144-8 | ||
*''[[Conjuring (book)|Conjuring]]'', 1992 St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312097719 | *''[[Conjuring (book)|Conjuring]]'', 1992 St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312097719 | ||
− | *''[[An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural]]'', 1995, St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-312-15119-5 | + | *''[[An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural]]'', 1995, St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-312-15119-5 ([http://randi.org/encyclopedia/ Online Version]) |
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− | [[Category:Biographies | + | [[Category:Biographies]] |
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Revision as of 01:00, 29 February 2012
James Randi (born August 7, 1928) (stage name The Amazing Randi) is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
James Randi | |
Born | Randall James Hamilton Zwinge August 07, 1928 Toronto, Ontario |
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Randi began his career as a magician, but then became a debunker of the paranormal. He has written about the paranormal, skepticism, and the history of magic.
Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF).
He was a frequent guest on the The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and is occasionally featured on the television program Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.
Bibliography
- Houdini, His Life and Art. Putnam Pub Group (November 1976) ISBN 0448125528
- The Magic of Uri Geller, 1982, ISBN 0-345-24796-5 (later renamed The Truth About Uri Geller ISBN 0-87975-199-1)
- Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions, 1982, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-198-3
- Test Your ESP Potential. Dover Publications Inc. (31 Dec 1982) ISBN 0486242692
- The Faith Healers, 1987, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-369-2. (ISBN 0-87975-535-0 1989 edition foreword by Carl Sagan)
- The Magic World of the Amazing Randi. Adams Media Corporation (September 1989) ISBN 1558509828
- The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer, 1990, Charles Scribner's Sons ISBN 0-684-19056-7 or ISBN 0-87975-830-9.
- James Randi: Psychic Investigator, 1991, ISBN 1-85283-144-8
- Conjuring, 1992 St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312097719
- An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural, 1995, St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-312-15119-5 (Online Version)
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