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The Truth About Uri Geller Paperback – September 1, 1982

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There is more to Uri Geller than his countless "miracles" - and James (The Amazing) Randi tells all in this fascinating examination of the Geller myth.

- What really makes Geller run?

- Why have scientists reported on all Geller's "successful" psychic
tests and ignored his many failures?

- Why will Uri perform almost anywhere, anytime, except in front
of professional magicians?

- Can Geller actually bend spoons, keys and nails with his "psychic"
powers?

- Why do people around the world continue to believe Geller has
magic powers, when his tricks have been exposed many times?

In an eye-opening exposé, Randi provides a devastating blow to Geller and the pseudoscience of parapsychology.

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275
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EN
English
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Prometheus Books
Publication date

1982
September 1
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5.6 x 0.6 x 8.3
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0879751991
ISBN-13

978-0879751999
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James Randi is a Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). He began his career as a magician, as The Amazing Randi, but after retiring at age 60, he began investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims. Although often referred to as a "debunker," Randi rejects that title owing to its perceived bias, instead describing himself as an "investigator." He has written about the paranormal, skepticism, and the history of magic, and has published many books including Flim-Flam!, The Truth about Uri Geller, The Faith Healers, and The Mask of Nostradamus. He was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and was occasionally featured on the television program Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prometheus Books; Rev edition (September 1, 1982)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 275 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0879751991
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0879751999
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches

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James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928) is a Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Randi began his career as a magician, as The Amazing Randi, but after retiring at age 60, he began investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims, which he collectively calls "woo-woo." Although often referred to as a "debunker," Randi rejects that title owing to its perceived bias, instead describing himself as an "investigator." He has written about the paranormal, skepticism, and the history of magic. He was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and was occasionally featured on the television program Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.

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Fantab

Why truth matters

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2007

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Uri Geller was hounded from his home country of Israel and then from his adopted country of America. This book was written near the start of his rise to fame in the early and mid-70s, but Geller hasn't changed his tricks so it's as relevant now as it was then.

Geller claims to bend metal and read minds using psychic powers given to him by aliens. He says he never cheats. Randi's book boils down to this question: if any "psychic" feat can be convincingly replicated by a magician, should we believe someone who says he can do the same thing by psychic powers?

How you answer the question depends on your worldview. If you care about the scientific method as the best way to determine truth about the world, you will find there is no evidence that Geller has psychic powers.

As with all psychics who have undergone rigorous testing, Geller's powers fail to work when simple controls are put in place. These days most investigators are a little more savvy about how to deal with testing psychics, but in the 70s the psychics ran the show. Geller's so-called scientific testing at Sanford Research Institute was a joke, and Randi picks it apart piece by piece giving us all a sound lesson in experimental set-up in the process.

Randi also reveals the techniques behind a few of Geller's tricks - not all, because Randi was a professional magician and it's bad form to give the game away. Randi also describes a few incidents where he replicated Geller's tricks and then revealed the trickery, in order to try and convince people to be more skeptical about the claims of psychics.

Geller has learned to fool others. The important lesson from this book is that believers fool themselves. If paranormal abilities can't be demonstrated under controlled conditions, we are free to believe anything we like, ignoring the evidence that magicians can replicate the same feats. And believing anything on wishful thinking never gets us nearer the truth.

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Bronxtalent

Good read

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2011

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Randi exposes Uri Geller as a total conman! It wouldnt be so bad if Geller admited he was just a good magician but he is passing himself off as a psychic/guru which is a fraud. It is all about the money for Geller and with his manager sidekick they have conned their way round the World. He bends spoons and keys by distracting viewers and then either pushing them against a hard surface or physically bending them. When hes asked to do his 'tricks' under tight controls he fails. I was taken in by Geller as a kid and even bought one of his books a good few years ago. Don't believe the hype, the guy is a total fraud and Randi does a good job of exposing him. Good book!

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P. Booth

Too much Randi, not enough Geller

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2013

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James Randi is the perfect skeptic. Narrow minded, unable to concede that there could be something beyond his understanding of the universe. We all know that Geller was a mediocre magician who walked the path of the charlatan. But Randi is a rabid atheist, science worshiper and his work is tainted by his blindness and his insulting prose directed toward anyone who believes in a higher power or is open minded about the spiritual or psychic realms. As an indictment of Geller, his work is adequate, as a philosophical/theological perspective it is lacking. If you liked his other works, you will probably like this.

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Joel W. Schumacher

Excellent work by Randi

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2015

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I love what James Randi does. He exposes the con-artists who are tricking the gullible. James Randi used to be a magician known as the Amazing Randi. But there is a difference between being honest with people and making people think you are doing something supernatural.

It's one thing to say "I'm going to trick you" and to say "I possess magic".

In this book, James Randi exposes Uri Gellar. Uri was famous back in the 70's for his supposed ability to bend spoons. This book also presented other things he claimed to do. Randi shows how many of these things could be done. He has the eye of a magician and can see the trickery. He has helped foil him on national television (Johnny Carson Show).

The only problem I have is that Randi, I don't believe, offers all of the details of the tricks. He is a magician and does not want to expose all of the secrets of the trade. But I will admit, I love the "Masked Magician" shows. I not only love being mystified, but also knowing the genius behind the trick. And I was a little disappointed in this regard.

Thank you James Randi for all of your work and for exposing Uri Geller!

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Daryl Gregory

Still Vital

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2014

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Decades after Ur Geller's peak of popularity, it's still important to know how he fooled so many people-- though why some of them stayed fooled after his exposure is a mystery. The other mystery is Geller himself. Randi's prose is clear, and he conscientiously walks you through the methods the psychic used, but Geller himself is a smiling blank. I'm still looking for a book that gets to the personality behind the stunts. Meanwhile, there are plenty of charlatans still operating, and his book is a useful primer in skepticism.

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John Purcell

Really good read

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2014

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I really enjoyed this book. Randi writes well and the book's filled with various reports from others on Geller, revealing how, in his opinion, Geller performed all this tricks using simple conjuring techniques, many of which he describes in detail, and passed them off as psychic phenomena. Geller might have once been entertaining, but his former claims of PSI abilities led to large amounts of time and money being wasted on trying to prove the existence of phenomena that just don't exist -- unless you believe there's something about ESP that stops it manifesting in laboratory conditions. The book's also a timely reminder of just how sloppy scientists can become when they want to believe in something, and how easily intelligent people, even scientists, can be deceived by a skilled magician like Geller or the great Randi himself.

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Chris

... Geller as a con artist whose PK tricks can easily be replicated by any magician including James Randi

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2017

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This book exposes Uri Geller as a con artist whose PK tricks can easily be replicated by any magician including James Randi, the author.
Randi reveals how the spoon bending, fixing a broken watch, teleportation, taking a photo whilst the lens cap is still on, and other tricks are performed. He also explores Uri's abysmal performances in Israel and his tomfoolery in a parapsychologist's lab. Although Randi respects Uri's abilities as a magician he resents Uri portraying himself as a guru / psychic because this is misleading and an affront to a magician's skill as an artist.
Overall, this book was both revealing and very interesting.

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Cliente Amazon

Great book

Reviewed in Italy on October 15, 2017

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Nice book, even if I'm italian I had to buy it in english because the italian version of this book doesn't exist, yet. Fortunately I understand english, so it wasn't a big problem to me, anyway it's a very interesting book. A couple of weeks after I finished this book I had the great chance to meet The Amazing Randi in Cesena at CicapFest in Italy, so now this book is signed by his author, James Randy, very nice person!

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y pinto

helder geschreven boek

Reviewed in the Netherlands on March 14, 2017

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Leuk, goed geschreven boek. Randi legt duidelijk uit wat er speelt, en hoe hij geller ontmaskert. Het boek leest als een trein.

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ながぴい

伝説のデバンカー

Reviewed in Japan on November 24, 2011

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ニセ超能力者のトリックをあばくことで有名なマジシャンのジェイムズ・（アメージング）・ランディの著書。
ランディはユリ・ゲラーの超能力はマジックで再現できるとしている。
超能力のデバンキング本としては古典である。
ま、今更ながら読んでみた。

これおもろい！
でも、わしの手に入れた本は印刷が悪くて読みづらかった。
写真なんて真っ黒に写ってて、非常に見づらい…

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Salina

It's ok and average readability!

Reviewed in Canada on October 26, 2016

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Maybe his writing is in old style English. And, quite a number of typo too. It's not easy to read.
Disappointed that he did not disclose the actual "truth" in specific details! However, I could find out more about these "secrets" from You Tube!

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