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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. 
 
 
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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. 
  
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== Biography ==
 
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).  
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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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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==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[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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*''Houdini, His Life and Art''. Putnam Pub Group (November 1976) ISBN 0448125528
*''[[Conjuring (book)|Conjuring]]'', 1992 St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312097719
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*''[[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
 
*''[[Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions]]'', 1982, Prometheus Books,  ISBN 0-87975-198-3
*''Houdini, His Life and Art''. Putnam Pub Group (November 1976) ISBN 0448125528
 
*''James Randi: Psychic Investigator'', 1991, ISBN 1-85283-144-8
 
 
*''Test Your ESP Potential''. Dover Publications Inc. (31 Dec 1982) ISBN 0486242692  
 
*''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 Faith Healers]]'', 1987, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-369-2. (ISBN 0-87975-535-0 1989 edition foreword by Carl Sagan)
*''[[The Magic of Uri Geller]]'', 1982, ISBN 0-345-24796-5 (later renamed ''[[The Truth About Uri Geller]]'' ISBN 0-87975-199-1)
 
 
*''The Magic World of the Amazing Randi''. Adams Media Corporation (September 1989) ISBN 1558509828
 
*''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.
 
*''[[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.
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*''James Randi: Psychic Investigator'', 1991, ISBN 1-85283-144-8
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*''[[Conjuring (book)|Conjuring]]'', 1992 St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312097719
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*''[[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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James Randi
BornRandall James Hamilton Zwinge
August 07, 1928
Toronto, Ontario

NationalityCanadian

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.

Biography

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

References

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