James Randi (1928–2020)
Autore di Flim-flam! Fandonie. Sensitivi, unicorni e altre illusioni
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Randall James Hamilton Zwinge was born on August 7, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He began his career in the late 40's as an illusionist and escape artist. He became known as the Amazing Randi and was an international success. In 1986, he received the McArthur "genius" grant. He retired from mostra altro stage magic at the age of 60 and began a career of investigating claims of the paranormal. He devoted his life to debunking paranormal claims. Preferring to be called a skeptic or an investigator, he aimed to show that "something was not likely." He was considered a father of the modern skeptical movement. He wrote numerous books which included, Houdini, His Life and Art (1976) co-authored with Bert Randolp Sugar; Flim Flam! The Truth About Unicorns, Parapsychology, and Other Delusions (1980); The Faith Healers (1987); and An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (1995). In 1976, Mr. Randi, along with Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, and others, founded the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. It published the magazine Skeptical Inquirer. James Randi, also known as the Amazing Randi, died at his home in Florida at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Credit: Steve Jurvetson, 2007
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- Nome canonico
- Randi, James
- Nome legale
- Randi, James
- Altri nomi
- Randi, the Amazing (stage name)
Zwinge, Randall James Hamilton (birth name) - Data di nascita
- 1928-08-07
- Data di morte
- 2020-10-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Canada (birth)
USA (naturalized 1987) - Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Luogo di morte
- Plantation, Florida, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Rumson, New Jersey, USA
Plantation, Florida, USA - Attività lavorative
- stage magician
fraud investigator - Relazioni
- Alvarez, José (husband)
- Organizzazioni
- CSI: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly CSICOP)
Society of American Magicians
International Brotherhood of Magicians
The Magic Circle
James Randi Educational Foundation - Premi e riconoscimenti
- MacArthur Fellowship (1986)
Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (1989)
Richard Dawkins Award (2003)
Philip J. Klass Award (2007)
Heinz Oberhummer Award (2016) - Breve biografia
- James Randi has an international reputation as a magician and escape artist, but today he is best known as the world's most tireless investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. Randi has pursued "psychic" spoonbenders, exposed the dirty tricks of faith healers, investigated homeopathic water "with a memory," and generally been a thorn in the sides of those who try to pull the wool over the public's eyes in the name of the supernatural. In 1993, the PBS-TV "NOVA" series broadcast a one-hour special dealing with Randi's life work, particularly with his investigations of Uri Geller and various occult and healing claims being made by scientists in Russia.
In 1996, the James Randi Education Foundation was established to further Randi's work. Randi's long-standing challenge to psychics now stands as a $1,000,000 prize administered by the Foundation. It remains unclaimed.
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