An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural

An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural

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name = An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural


author = James Randi and foreword by Arthur C. Clarke
cover_artist =
publisher = St. Martin's Press
release_date = 1995
media_type = Hardcover/Paperback
pages = 282
size_weight =
isbn = ISBN 0-312-15119-5

"An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural" is a 1995 book by James Randi and Arthur C. Clarke. It serves as a reference for various pseudoscience and paranormal subjects. [cite news | url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_n5_v20/ai_18668839| title=The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal. - book reviews |publisher=Skeptical Inquirer | date=Sept-Oct, 1996 | first=Wendy | last=Grossman | accessdate = 2006-02-28] Dr. Renato M.E. Sabbatini has listed it as "essential reading" on skepticism. [cite news | url=http://www.ceticos.org/biblio-skeptics.htm | title=A Basic Bibliography of Skepticism |publisher=Brazilian Society of Skeptics and Rationalists | date= 2006 | first=Renato | last=Sabbatini | accessdate = 2007-03-28]

In 2006 Randi made the work available for free online. [cite news | url=http://www.randi.org/encyclopedia/ | title=An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural |publisher=James Randi Educational Foundation | date= 2006 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2007-03-28]

ee also

*James Randi Educational Foundation
*"Skeptic's Dictionary"

References

External links

* [http://www.randi.org/encyclopedia/ An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural] – Online Version
* [http://www.randi.org/encyclopedia/encyclopedia.html An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural] – Index


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