By: Henry Mcgrattan
Re: Bibliography For Skeptics
*@SUBJECT:Bibliography for Skeptics (no imagined superfriends N
Scientists Confront Pseudoscience
Abell, George and Barry Singer, eds., Science and the Paranormal,
Scribners, 1983, P-$13.95, ISBN 0-684-17820-6.
Asimov, Isaac, The Roving Mind, Prometheus Books, 1983, H-$21.95,
ISBN 0-87975-201-7; P-$15.95, ISBN 0-87975-315-3.
Cazeau, Charles J. and Stuart D. Scott, Jr., Exploring the Unknown:
Great Mysteries Reexamined, Plenum Press, 1979, H-$18.95,
ISBN 0-306-40210-6.
de Camp, L. Sprague, The Fringe of the Unknown, Prometheus
Books, 1983, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975-217-3.
de Camp, L. Sprague, The Ragged Edge of Science, Owlswick
Press, 1980, H-$16.00, ISBN 0-913896-06-3.
Frazier, Kendrick, ed., Paranormal Borderlands of Science,
Prometheus Books, 1981, P-$17.95, ISBN 0-87975-148-7.
Frazier, Kendrick, ed., Science Confronts the paranormal
Prometheus Books, 1985, P-$17.95, ISBN 0-87975-314-5.
Gardner, Martin, Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science,
Dover, 1957, P-$6.50, ISBN 0-486-20394-8.
Gardner, Martin, Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus, Prometheus
Books, 1981, P-$15.95, ISBN 0-87975-573-3.
Goran, Morris, Fact, and, and Fantasy: The occult and
Pseudosciences, Littlefield, 1980, P-$7.95, ISBN 0-8226-
0356-X.
Hines, Terence. Pseudoscience and the Paranormal: A
Critical Examination of the Evidence, Prometheus Books,
1987, P-$17.95, ISBN 0-87975-419-2.
MacKay, Charles, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the
Madness of Crowds, Templeton, 1985 (original 1841), H-
$24.95, ISBN 0934405-00-X; P- 3 editions available.
Nickell, Joe and John F. Fischer, Secrets of the
Supernatural: Investigating the World's Occult Mysteries,
Prometheus Books, 1988, H-$18.95, ISBN 0-87975-461-3.
Paulos, John Allen, Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and
Its Consequences, Hill and Wang, 1988, H-$16.95, ISBN 0-8090-74478.
Randi, James, Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and Other
Delusions, Prometheus Books, 1982, P-$12.95, ISBN 0-87975-1983.
Rothman, Milton A., A Physicist's Guide to Skepticism
Prometheus Books, 1988, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-440-0.
Sagan, Carl, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of
Science, Random House, 1979, H-$14.95, ISBN 0-394-50169-1.
Schultz, Ted, ed., The Fringes of Reason: A Whole Earth
Catalog, Harmony Books, 1989, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-517-57165-X.
Stanovich, Keith E., How to Think Straight About Psychology,
2nd ed., Scott Foresman and Company, 1989, P-price not set,
ISBN 0-67338412-8.
Astrology
Bok, Bart J. and Lawrence E. Jerome, Objections to
Astrology, Prometheus Books, 1975, P-$10.95, ISBN 0-87975-059-6.
Culver, Roger B., Sun Sign Sunset: A Statistical
Investigation of the Claims of Sun Sign Astrology, Pachart
Publishing House, 1980, P$9.95, ISBN 0-912918-00-4.
Culver, Roger B. and Phillip A. Ianna, Astrology: True or
False? A Scientific Evaluation, Prometheus Books, 1988, P-
$14.95, ISBN 087975-483-4.
Gauquelin, Michel, Dreams and Illusions of Astrology,
Prometheus Books, 1979, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-099-5.
Jerome, Lawrence, Astrology Disproved, Prometheus Books,
1977, H$22.95, ISBN 0-87975-067-7.
UFO's
Billig, Otto, Flying Saucers: Magic in the Skies, Schenkman
Books, 1982, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87073-833-X; P-$11.95, ISBN 0-87073940-9.
Klass, Phillip, UFO'S: The Public Deceived, Prometheus
Books, 1986, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-203-3; 1986, P-$14.95,
ISBN 0-87975322-6.
Klass, Phillip, UFO-Abductions: A Dangerous Game, Prometheus
Books, 1988: 1989 (updated), P-$16.95, ISBN 0-87975-509-1.
Oberg, James, UFO'S and Outer Space Mysteries, Donning,
1982, P$6.95, ISBN 0-89865-102-6.
Sagan, Carl and Thornton Page, eds., UFO'S: A Scientific
Debate, Norton, 1974, P-$8.95, ISBN 0-393-00739-1.
Sheaffer, Robert, The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence,
Prometheus Books, 1986, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975-338-2.
Ancient Astronauts and Cult Archaeology
de Camp, L. Sprague, The Ancient Engineers, Ballantine
Books, 1988, P-$4.95, ISBN 0-345-00876-6.
de Camp, L. Sprague, Lost Continents: The Atlantis Theme,
Dover, 1970, P-$6.50, ISBN 0-486-22668-9.
De Mille, Richard, ed., The Don Juan Papers: Further
Castaneda Controversies, Ross-Erikson, 1979, H-$19.95, ISBN
0-915520-257; P-(write for information), 1990,
ISBN 0-534-12150-0, Wadsworth Press.
Hadingham, Evan, Lines to the Mountain Gods: Nazca and the
Mysteries of Peru Random House, 1986, H-$22.50, ISBN 0-394-
54235-5-, University of Oklahoma Press, 1988, P-$16.95, ISBN
08061-2130-0.
Harrold, Francis and Raymond Eve, eds., Cult Archaeology and
Creationism: Understanding Pseudoscientific Beliefs about the
Past, University of Iowa Press, 1987, H-$20.00, ISBN 0-87745-176-1.
Stiebing, William H., Ancient Astronauts, Cosmic Collisions,
and other Popular Theories about Man's Past, Prometheus
Books, 1984, P$13.95, ISBN 0-87975-285-8.
Velikovsky
Bauer, Henry, Beyond Velikovsky: The History of a Public
Controversy, University of Illinois Press, 1984, H-$21.95,
ISBN 0-252-01104-X.
Goldsmith, Donald, ed., Scientists Confront Velikovsky,
Norton, 1979, P-$3.95, ISBN 0-393-00928-9.
Bermuda Triangle
Kusche, Larry, The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved,
Prometheus Books, 1986, P-$16.95, ISBN 0-87975-330-7.
Creationism
Dawkins, Richard, The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence for
Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design, Norton, 1986, H-
$18.95, ISBN 0-393-02216-1; 1987, P-$7.95, ISBN 0-393-30448-5.
Frye, Roland M., Is God a Creationist? The Religious Case
against Creation-science, Scribners, 1983, P-text edition by
Macmillan, ISBN 0-02-339560-5.
Futuyma, Douglas J., Science on Trial: The Case for
Evolution, Pantheon Books, 1982, P-$10.36, ISBN 0-394-70679-X.
Godfrey, Laurie R., ed., Scientists Con Confront
Creationism, W. W. Norton,
1983, P-$9.95, ISBN 0-393-30154-0.
Hanson, Robert, ed., Science and Creation: GeologicaL
Theological and Educational Perspectives, Macmillan
Publishing Co., 1985, H-$24.95, ISBN 0-02-949870-8.
Kitcher, Phillip, Abusing Science: The Case against
Creationism, The MIT Press, 1982, P-$9.95, ISBN 0-262-61037-X.
McGowan, Chris, In the Beginning: A Scientist Shows Why the
Creationists Are Wrong, Prometheus Books, 1984, P-$14.95,
ISBN 0-87975-240-8.
Montagu, Ashley, ed., Science and Creationism Oxford
University Press, 1984, P-$13.95, ISBN 0-19-503253-5.
Newell, Norman D., Creation and Evolution: Myth or Reality?
Columbia University Press, 1982, H-$25.00, ISBN 0-231-05348-7;
Praeger, 1984, P-$12.95, ISBN 0-275-91792-4.
Pastrier, Stephen and William Haviland, eds., Confronting
the Creationists, American Anthropological Association,
1982, H-$6.00, ISBN 0-317-66352-6.
Ruse, Michael, Darwinism Defended: A Guide to the Evolution
Controversies, Benjamin-Cummings, 1982, P-$25.95, ISBN 0-20106273-9.
Ruse, Michael, But Is It Science? The Philosophical Question
in the Evolution-Creation Controversy, Prometheus Books,
1988, H$24.95, ISBN 0-87975-439-7.
Strahler, Arthur N., Science and Earth History: The
Evolution/Creation Controversy, Prometheus Books, 1987, H-$39.95,
ISBN 0-87975414-1.
Walker, K. R., ed., The Evolution-Creation Controversy,
University of Tennessee, Dept. of Geological Sciences, no
date, P-$6.50, ISBN 09131377-00-5.
Wilson, David B., ed., Did the Devil Make Darwin Do It? Iowa
State University Press, 1983, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-8138-0434-5.
ESP and Psychic Powers
Alcock, James E., Parapsychology: Science or Magic? Pergamon
Press, 1981, H-$61-00, ISBN 0-08-025773-9-, P-$25.00, ISBN
0-08025772-0.
Alcock, James E., Science and Supernature: A Critical
Appraisal of Parapsychology, Prometheus Books, 1989, H-$24.95,
ISBN 087975-548-2.
Blackmore, Susan, The Adventures of a Parapsychologist,
Prometheus Books, 1986, H-$22.95, ISBN 0-87975-360-9.
Blackmore, Susan, Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-
of-the-Body Experiences, Academy Chicago Pubs., 1990, P-$8.95,
ISBN 089733-344-6.
Booth, John, Psychic Paradoxes, Prometheus Books, 1986, P-$14.95,
ISBN 0-87975-358-7.
Flew, Antony, ed., Readings in the philosophical Problems of
parapsychology, Prometheus Books, 1986, H-$25.95, ISBN 0-87975-382-X;
P-$17.95, ISBN 0-87975-385-4.
Gardner, Martin, How Not to Test a Psychic: A Study of the
Remarkable Experiments with Renowned Clairvoyant Pavel
Stepanek, Prometheus Books, 1989, H-$24.95, ISBN 0-87975-5121.
Gardner, Martin, ed., The Wreck of the Titanic Foretold?
Prometheus Books, 1986, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-321-8.
Gordon, Henry, Extrasensory Deception, Prometheus Books,
1988, H$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-407-9.
Hall, Trevor H., The Enigma of Daniel Home: Medium or Fraud?
Prometheus Books, 1984, H-$21.95, ISBN 0-87975-236-X.
Hall, Trevor H., The Medium and the Scientist: The Story of
Florence Cook and William Crookes, Prometheus Books, 1985,
H-$21.95, ISBN 0-87975-276-9.
Hansel, C. E. M., The Search for Psychic Power. ESP and
Parapsychology Revisited, Prometheus Books, 1989, H-$24.95,
ISBN 0-8797-D-516-4; P-$16.95, ISBN 0-87975-533-4.
Harris, Melvin, Investigating the Unexplained, Prometheus
Books, 1986, H-$20.95, ISBN 0-87975-367-6.
Houdini, Harry, Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A
Complete Expose, Prometheus Books, 1981 (original 1920), H-$18.95,
ISBN 0-87975-143-6.
Hyman, Ray, The Elusive Quarry: A Scientific Appraisal of
Psychical Research, Prometheus Books, 1989, H-$24.95, ISBN
0-87975-5040.
Kurtz, Paul, ed., A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology,
Prometheus Books, 1985, H-$35.95, ISBN 0-87975-302-1; P-$18.95,
ISBN 087975-300-5.
McGervey, John D., Probabilities in Everyday Life, Nelson-
Hall, 1986, H-$23.95, ISBN 0-8304-1045-7; Ivy Books, 1989,
$3.95, ISBN 0804-0532-4.
Marks, David and Richard Kammann, The Psychology of the
Psychic, Prometheus Books, 1980, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-121-5;
P$15.95, ISBN 0-87975-122-3.
Randi. James, The truth about Uri Geller, Prometheus Books,
1982, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975-199-1.
Reed, Graham, The Psychology of Anomalous Experience,
revised edition, Prometheus Books, 1988, P-$16.95, ISBN 0-87975-435-4.
Stenger, Victor J., Physics and Psychics: The Search for a
World Beyond the Senses, Prometheus Books, 1990, H-$22.95,
ISBN 087975-575-X.
Shroud of Turin
Nickell, Joe, Inquest on the Shroud of Turin, Prometheus
Books, 1983, 1987, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975-396-X.
Animal Mysteries
Binns, Ronald, The Loch Ness Mystery Solved, Prometheus
Books, 1985, H-$20.95, ISBN 0-87975-278-5; P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975291-2.
Dowsing
Vogt, Evon, and Ray Hyman, Water Witching U. S. A., 2nd.
ed., The University of Chicago Press, 1979, P-$10.95,
ISBN 0-226-86297-6.
Faith Healing
Brenneman, Richard, Deadly Blessings: Faith Healing on Trial
Prometheus Books, 1990, H-$21.95, ISBN 0-87975-580-6.
Randi, James, The Faith Heaters, Prometheus Books, 1988,
Rev. ed., H-$18.95, ISBN 0-87975-369-2; 1989, P-$18.95,
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Handwriting Analysis
Beyerstein, Barry L. and Dale F. Beyerstein, eds., The Write
Stuff: Evaluations of Graphology, the Study of Handwriting
Analysis, Prometheus, 1990, H-$24.95, ISBN 0-87975-612-8;
P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975-613-6.
Nevo, Baruch, ed., Scientific Aspects of Graphology: A
Handbook, Charles G. Thomas, 1987, H-$44.75, ISBN 0-398-05245-X.
Medical Pseudoscience
Bender, Arnold, Health or Hoax? The Truth about Health Foods
and Diets, Prometheus Books, 1986, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-318-8.
Jerome, Lawrence E., Crystal Power: The [Ultimate Placebo
Effect, Prometheus Books, 1989, H-$18.95, ISBN 0-87975-514-8;
P$12.95, ISBN 0-87975-532-6.
Stalker, Douglas and Clark Glymour, eds., Examining Holistic
Medicine, Prometheus Books, 1985, H-$25.95, ISBN 0-87975-303x
Sullivan-Fowler, Micaela, Alternate Therapies, Unproven
Methods, and Health Fraud, American Medical Association,
1988, P-$20.00, ISBN 0-89970-319-4.
The "New Age"
Basil, Robert, ed., Not Necessarily the New Age: Critical
Essays, Prometheus Book, 1988, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-490-7.
Gardner, Martin, The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher,
Prometheus Books, 1988, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-432-X.
Gordon, Henry, Channeling into the New Age: The "Teachings"
of Shirley MacLaine and Others, Prometheus Books, 1988, H-$18.95,
ISBN 0-87975-503-2; P-$11.95, ISBN 0-87975-462-1.
Satanism
Carlson, Shawn and Gerald Larue, Satanism in America, Gaia
Press, P. 0. Box 466, El Cerrito, CA 94530-0466, 1988, P-$12.95
(no ISBN available).
Hicks, Robert D., In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the
Occult, Prometheus Books, 1990, H-$23.95, ISBN 0-87975-604-7.