The skeptic's guide to the paranormal
A humorous debunking of 27 paranormal phenomena that appear to defy the laws of science - from walking over hot coals to spontaneous combustion - with rational explanations provided for each
Print Book, English, 2004
Allen? ; Orion [distributor], Crows Nest, N.S.W., London, 2004
viii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 20 cm
9781741140590, 1741140595
123109866
Introduction vii1 Spontaneous human combustion 12 Walking on hot coals 83 Crop circles 124 The Shroud of Turin 205 Psychic readings 346 Spiritualism 497 Ghosts and poltergeists 718 DIY ghost photos 809 Reincarnation and past lives 8310 Astrology 10211 Numerology 11512 ESP - extrasensory perception 12513 Nostradamus 14314 The prophecy that is Kabul Khan 15015 Psychic detectives 15416 DIY telepathy 16117 Psychics on stage 16418 DIY bending spoons 17519 UFO encounters of the first kind - sightings 17820 UFO encounters of the second kind - physical evidence 19821 UFO encounters of the third kind - alien contact 20722 Alien abductions 21723 The Bermuda Triangle 22624 Levitation 23325 Dowsing and divining 24426 Yeti, Bigfoot and other ape-men 25127 The Loch Ness Monster 256Acknowledgements 261