Paranormal borderlands of science /
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| Imprint: | Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1981. |
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| Description: | xiii, 469 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/485321 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Is Parapsychology a Science?
- Science, Intuition, and Esp
- Believing in Esp: Effects of Dehoaxing
- Superstitions Old and New
- Einstein and Esp
- Belief in Esp Among Psychologists
- Do Fairies Exist?
- Cold Reading: How to Convince Strangers That You Know All About Them
- Sleight of Tongue
- Cold Reading Revisited
- The Nonpsychic Powers of Uri Geller
- New Evidence in the Uri Geller Matter
- Examination of the Claims of Suzie Cottrell
- A Test of 'Psychic' Photography
- The Extraordinary Mental Bending of Professor Taylor
- Downfall of a Would-Be Psychic
- Psychology and Near-Death Experiences
- The Case of the Amityville Horror
- Betty Through the Looking-Glass
- Biorhythms. Evaluating a Pseudoscience
- Biorhythm Theory: a Critical Review
- Asimov's Corollary
- A Statistical Test of Sun-Sign Astrology
- An Empirical Test of Popular Astrology
- The Moon and the Maternity Ward
- Results of U.S. Test of the 'Mars Effect'
- Critical Reading, Careful Writing, and the Bermuda Triangle
- Cattle Mutilations: an Episode of Collective Delusion
- A Controlled Test of Dowsing Abilities
- Von Däniken's Chariots: a Primer in the Art of Cooked Science
- Von Däniken's Golden Gods
- Chariots of the Gullible
- Investigating the Sirius Mystery
- Anthropology Beyond the Fringe: Ancient Inscriptions, Early Man, and Scientific Method
- Psychic Archaeology: the Anatomy of Irrationalist Prehistoric Studies
- Science and Evolution in the Public Eye
- Scientists and Velikovsky
- The Velikovsky Affair
- Part I. Ideas in Collision
- Part II. Passions and Purposes: a Perspective
- Part III. the Distortions Continue
- Tunguska Echoes
- Nasa, the White House, and Ufos
- Astronaut """"Ufo"""" Sightings
- Ufos, the Cia, and the New York Times
- A Controlled Ufo Hoax: Some Lessons
- The Persian Gulf Ufo: Fiery End to Drama
- The Semantics of Ufos