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Skeptical Odysseys: Personal Accounts by the World's Leading Paranormal Inquirers by Paul Kurtz (Prometheus) Issued on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), Skeptical Odysseys brings together personal statements by the leading skeptics of the world. CSICOP is dedicated to the critical evaluation of paranormal and spiritual claims in the light of scientific inquiry. Many pieces in this book are autobiographical, while others reflect on the current state of research into paranormal claims.

Among the thirty-seven distinguished contributors are science writer Martin Gardner, former science editor of "Time" Leon Jaroff, leading UFO skeptic Philip J. Klass, noted British philosopher Antony Flew, editor of the "Skeptical Inquirer" Kendrick Frazier, noted author and television personality Steve Allen, leading French astronomer Jean-Claude Pecker, paranormal investigator Joe Nickell, psychologist Susan Blackmore, Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, science educator Eugenie Scott, Bill Nye "The Science Guy", and others. They come from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, India, the Netherlands, Australia, Spain, Mexico and Russia.

The contributors focus on the evolution of contemporary skepticism, parapsychology, UFOs, astronomy and the space age, astrology, creationism, alternative medicine, skepticism around the world, personal reflections, religion, and popular investigations of the paranormal.

This is a unique and exciting history of the current skeptical movement.

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