A unique combination of horse sense and drollery has made Martin Gardner the undisputed dean of the critics of pseudoscience. This bountiful collection of recently published essays and articles will be wholeheartedly greeted by Gardner's fans, as well as by new readers.
This collection of articles-many of which first appeared in The Skeptical Inquirer, The New York Review of Books, and Free Inquiry-explores pseudoscience and strange religious beliefs with the author's trademark wit and verve. Destined to be a classic of skeptical literature, this book roves over a wide range of topics-from the current peccadillos of Oral Roberts and sham psychics to the early history of Spiritualism and bizarre "trance-channeling" cults.
Martin Gardner is the author of many books, including Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus, The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix, The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher, and numerous books for children including The Snark Puzzle Book.
257 pages
Cloth ISBN 0-87975-713-2