Dear Martin / Dear Marcello

Gardner and Truzzi on Skepticism

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
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Author: Dana Richards ISBN: 9789813203723
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: April 27, 2017
Imprint: WSPC Language: English
Author: Dana Richards
ISBN: 9789813203723
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: April 27, 2017
Imprint: WSPC
Language: English

In 1952, Martin Gardner wrote the book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, which has become a modern classic of the skeptical movement. He is best known as the Father of Recreational Mathematics, but was also a frank critic of pseudoscientists and a contributor to the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

Marcello Truzzi was one of the founders of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal in 1976. He left that and founded the Center for Scientific Anomalies Research, which was more aligned with his views.

Dana Richards presents the unedited, colorful correspondence between these two well-known figures within the skeptical movement as they probed and wrestled with fundamental questions such as:

  • The demarcation problem — how to distinguish good from bad science?
  • How should scholars on the fringe (paranormalists) be treated?

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • The Road to CSICOP
  • The Demarcation Problem
  • The Dissolution
  • Return to Cordiality
  • Index

Readership: Students, researchers and anyone who are interested in the opinions of Gardner and Truzzi on skeptical science.
Key Features:

  • Both figures are well-known and well-published; Martin Gardner published over 100 books
  • There are no competing titles
  • It is simply unique in the skeptical literature
  • Even in the larger "science" arena, it is extremely unusual to have such a lengthy correspondence focused on one problem
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In 1952, Martin Gardner wrote the book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, which has become a modern classic of the skeptical movement. He is best known as the Father of Recreational Mathematics, but was also a frank critic of pseudoscientists and a contributor to the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

Marcello Truzzi was one of the founders of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal in 1976. He left that and founded the Center for Scientific Anomalies Research, which was more aligned with his views.

Dana Richards presents the unedited, colorful correspondence between these two well-known figures within the skeptical movement as they probed and wrestled with fundamental questions such as:

Contents:

Readership: Students, researchers and anyone who are interested in the opinions of Gardner and Truzzi on skeptical science.
Key Features:

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