Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions
- Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions
Infobox_Book
name = Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions
author = James Randi
cover_artist =
publisher = Prometheus Books
release_date = June 1982
media_type = Paperback
pages = 342 pages
size_weight = 1.18 pounds
isbn = ISBN 0879751983 and ISBN 978-0879751982
Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions is a 1982 book by magician and skeptic James Randi about paranormal, occult, and pseudoscience claims. The foreword is by author and biochemist Isaac Asimov.
Randi explores topics which he says that scientists and the media are too willing to promote without skepticism and proper expertise. A New York Times review said it is "a healthy and often hilarious book." [cite web | last =McDowell| first =Eedwin | coauthors = | date = 1982-09-24 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0061FFF3A5C0C778EDDA00894DA484D81 | title = Flim Flam | work = | publisher = New York Times | accessdate =2007-01-31]
Currently the book is available in English, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, Italian, and Chinese. [cite web | last =Randi| first =James | coauthors = | date = 2001-03-02| url = http://www.randi.org/jr/03-02-2001.html | title = A Letdown | work = | publisher = James Randi Educational Foundation | accessdate =2007-01-31]
Although unicorns are prominently mentioned in this book's subtitle, the one and only reference to these mythical beasts in the book's text is in Randi's brief and dismissive preface on the first page. Possibly they were included to give the title an undertoned example of mythological fortitude that promotes itself into the global atmosphere of beliefs that are represented as psychological fakery.
Editions
*Norwegian edition 1994 (Juks og Bedrag!)
*Spanish edition by Tikal, Madrid, 1994 (Fraudes Paranormales)
*Polish edition 1994
*Cassette tape (extracts) edition 1995 by Prometheus
*Italian edition 1999 (Fandonie)
*Chinese edition, 2001
*Punjabi edition, 2003
ee also
*Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
*Flim-flam
*James Randi Educational Foundation
Footnotes
Links
* [http://www.prometheusbooks.com/catalog/book_669.html Description] from Prometheus Books
* [http://www.computercrowsnest.com/articles/books/2007/nz11538.php Review]
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