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The Truth About Uri Geller, the Glossary

The Truth About Uri Geller, originally published as The Magic of Uri Geller in 1975, is a 1982 book by magician and skeptic James Randi about alleged psychic Uri Geller.^[1]

21 relations: Ballantine Books, Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, David Langford, Defamation, Erratum, Exposure (magic), Games Workshop, Israel, James Randi, James Randi Educational Foundation, London, Magic (illusion), Paranormal, Prometheus Books, Psychic, Skepticism, Sleight of hand, Spoon bending, The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience, Uri Geller, White Dwarf (magazine).
Books by James Randi
Prometheus Books books

Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books is a major American book publisher that is a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.

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Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), formerly known as the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), is a program within the U.S. non-profit organization Center for Inquiry (CFI), which seeks to "promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims." Paul Kurtz proposed the establishment of CSICOP in 1976 as an independent non-profit organization (before merging with CFI as one of its programs in 2015), to counter what he regarded as an uncritical acceptance of, and support for, paranormal claims by both the media and society in general.

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David Langford

David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field.

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Defamation

Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury.

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Erratum

An erratum or corrigendum (errata, corrigenda) (comes from errata corrige) is a correction of a published text.

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Exposure (magic)

Exposure in magic refers to the practice of revealing the methods of magic tricks.

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Games Workshop

Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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James Randi

James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.

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James Randi Educational Foundation

James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) is an American grant-making institution founded in 1996 by magician and skeptic James Randi.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Magic (illusion)

Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close-up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means.

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Paranormal

Paranormal events are purported phenomena described in popular culture, folk, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as being beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding.

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Prometheus Books

Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by the philosopher Paul Kurtz (who was also the founder of the Council for Secular Humanism, Center for Inquiry, and co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry).

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Psychic

A psychic is a person who claims to use powers rooted in parapsychology such as extrasensory perception (ESP) to identify information hidden from the normal senses, particularly involving telepathy or clairvoyance, or who performs acts that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, such as psychokinesis or teleportation.

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Skepticism

Skepticism, also spelled scepticism in British English, is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma.

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Sleight of hand

Sleight of hand (also known as prestidigitation or legerdemain refers to fine motor skills when used by performing artists in different art forms to entertain or manipulate. It is closely associated with close-up magic, card magic, card flourishing and stealing. Because of its heavy use and practice by magicians, sleight of hand is often confused as a branch of magic; however, it is a separate genre of entertainment and many artists practice sleight of hand as an independent skill.

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Spoon bending

Spoon bending is the deformation of objects, especially metal cutlery, purportedly by paranormal means.

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The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience

The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience is a two-volume collection of articles that discuss the Skeptics Society's scientific findings of investigations into pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The Truth About Uri Geller and the Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience are scientific skepticism mass media.

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Uri Geller

Uri Geller (אורי גלר; born 20 December 1946) is an Israeli-British illusionist, magician, television personality, and self-proclaimed psychic.

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White Dwarf (magazine)

White Dwarf is a magazine published by British games manufacturer Games Workshop, which has long served as a promotions and advertising platform for Games Workshop and Citadel Miniatures products.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truth_About_Uri_Geller

Also known as The Magic of Uri Geller.