- Paperback: 235 pages
- Publisher: Prometheus Books UK; Revised edition edition (31 Dec 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0879751991
- ISBN-13: 978-0879751999
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 541,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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47 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book intriguing. James Randi slowly but surely displays all the feats performed by Uri, and exposes them for 'sleight of hand' conjuring tricks. A few other interesting facts about Mr Geller are revealed to us as well. The author uses a lively, entertaining style of writing that guarantees the reader will never be bored. I would recommend this book to anyone. I noticed that reviewers below who give the book zero stars actually make few references to the book, and ignore the hard evidence and research inside it. Where do their motives lie? And for a so called 'Journalist' to compare a book like this to "Mein Kampf" ("My struggle" - Hitler's book) just because you don't like the conclusion is not only disgusting, it also exposes shallow thought and lack of a good argument. Read this book. I think you'll enjoy it.
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Once again, James Randi upsets the deluded by hitting them with hard logic, and raw facts. Unlike conjurers such as David Copperfield and the like, Uri actually claims genuine powers. But step by step, Randi dissects the "miracles" performed by Geller and exposes them for the tricks they really are. The reviewers above who claim Randi is just a magician with a grudge are completely missing the point. People have a right to know the truth. Read it.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A great read, which is badly needed with the overwhelming number of books supporting clairvoyance, psychic powers and such like. Contrary to what some might believe, Randi realises that while showing a non supernatural technique for accomplishing Geller like feats, logically this does not prove this is how Geller performs them. While he obviously believe this, he provides alternative explanations for what people witness. In the true nature of science, we must choose his, simpler hypothesis - that it is a skillful illusion, not the manifestation of unproven, untestable psychic powers.
Maybe a little rough around the edges, as Randi is not a professional writer, anyone who enjoyed "Flim Flam", would also enjoy reading this. The newly updated version is a nice improvement on the older edition.
By the way, contrary to what some reviewers believe, Randi has no need to investigate David Copperfied or skilled surgeons - they don't claim to have supernatural powers, Copperfield never seriously expects you to believe what has occured actually happened, just that he has skillfully created the illusion that it has. The surgeon uses modern medical techniques to heal people, not witchcraft. They *never* claim that they are contravening the laws of physics, unlike Geller. Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence.
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Self-Opinionated from the start BUT its a great book !
I really like James Randi debunking these so-called psychics and these people with amazing 'gifts' that we don't have. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2008 by Brendan T. Hole
Psychic powers do exist.
I'm all in favour of such sceptical books, but having had personal experience of breaking and fixing objects using psychic powers, I can no longer doubt that such powers exist. Read more
Published on 17 April 2006 by D. Hopkins
Obsolete
This book used to a waste of time because of the hot air the author seems always to be blowing. Now it is a waste of time and money because it is obsolete. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 1998
You won't find the "Truth" in this book!
Having read this book I wonder how the title of it was allowed in the first place. I certainly didn't find the "truth" about Uri Geller anywhere in this book! Read more
Published on 30 Nov 1998
Somebody Had to Do It
Who better than James Randi? If anyone deserved to have their credibility destroyed, it's Uri Geller. Randi demonstrates exactly how Geller pulls off his cons. Read more
Published on 21 Sep 1998
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