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Ouija, Firewalking, and Other Gibberish

ISBN-13: 9780801892462
Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
By Henri Broch, Foreword by Georges Charpak, Translated by Bart K. Holland
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Local release date: 14/10/2009
Format: Hardback 168 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Physics [PH]

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From horoscopes to telekinesis to the Shroud of Turin, much of what is popularly accepted as a mystical or paranormal phenomenon is, in fact, bunk. Henri Broch's charged deconstruction of these and other acts reveals the hucksterism of pseudoscience. Broch provides a scientific explanation for what many accept as supernatural or psychic. He explains how some tricks, such as bending silverware with the mind, actually work. He details plausible, scientifically grounded alternative explanations for others, such as dowsing, which is the practice of finding by nonscientific means hidden veins of water, gems, metals, and other materials under the earth. Broch's hands-on experiments demystify the mysterious and explain the inexplicable. Featuring a foreword by Nobel laureate Georges Charpak and translated from French by Bart K. Holland, this persuasively argued and firmly scientific book exposes some of history's most persistent and venerable bamboozling. Be forewarned, you may never be taken in again!

Foreword: Charlatanism or Science: Which Will Prevail?Introduction1. DowsingSticks That Move on Their OwnBrilliant WavesUnconscious Movements?Dowsing and Waterwheels2. Become ClairvoyantExtrasensory PerceptionPsychokinesisPerception at a DistanceHypnosis and TelepathyClairvoyanceMusculokinesis3. How to Recognize Deceptive Techniques in ArgumentThe Circularity TechniqueThe Snowball TechniqueThe Escalation TechniqueThe ""Little Streams"" EffectAccounting and Errors4. Cast Your HoroscopeQuiet Please, Turning in Progress!SerpentariusLaplanders without Horoscopes?Whom to Believe?The Effects of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and All the RestDouble or Nothing5. Miracle or Fraud?Holy Hemoglobin!A Do-It-Yourself Shroud of TurinA 3-D ImageWhat If Jesus Wasn't Naked?The Holy Shroud of Turin Is Not a ForgeryThe Body of ChristMade in France and Stolen from the Religious6. Develop Your PowersGlowing Embers Held in Bare HandsThe Uses of Short ArmsThe Life Force Energy, QiMeasuring the Vital ForceThe Ouija GlassTurn the TablesMarvelous MechanismsMiraculous VasesBetter than The Da Vinci Code7. More MysteriesPlace Your BetsThe Haunted HouseThe Dog Who Could Measure DistancesInitiated by a Tibetan MasterConclusionIndex

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