From horoscopes to telekinesis to the Shroud of Turin, much of
what is popularly accepted as a mystical or paranormal phenomenon
is, in fact, bunk. Henri Broch's charged deconstruction of these
and other acts reveals the hucksterism of pseudoscience.
Broch provides a scientific explanation for what many accept as
supernatural or psychic. He explains how some tricks, such as
bending silverware with the mind, actually work. He details
plausible, scientifically grounded alternative explanations for
others, such as dowsing, which is the practice of finding by
nonscientific means hidden veins of water, gems, metals, and other
materials under the earth. Broch's hands-on experiments demystify
the mysterious and explain the inexplicable.
Featuring a foreword by Nobel laureate Georges Charpak and
translated from French by Bart K. Holland, this persuasively argued
and firmly scientific book exposes some of history's most
persistent bamboozling. Be forewarned, you may never be taken in
again
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