James Randi

James Randi
Born	Randall James Hamilton Zwinge August 07, 1928 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	October 20, 2020 (age 92)
Nationality	American

James Randi (b.1928-d.2020), who went by the stage name The Amazing Randi, is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he would later become a naturalized American.

Biography

Randi began his career as a magician and stage hypnotist; in 1956, photos of him were used to illustrate "The Key to Hypnotism" by Walter B. Gibson. He then became a debunker of the paranormal. He wrote about the paranormal, skepticism, and the history of magic.

Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF).

He was a frequent guest on the The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and was occasionally featured on the television program Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.

Bibliography

• Houdini, His Life and Art. Putnam Pub Group (November 1976) ISBN 0448125528
• The Magic of Uri Geller, 1982, ISBN 0-345-24796-5 (later renamed The Truth About Uri Geller ISBN 0-87975-199-1)
• Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions, 1982, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-198-3
• Test Your ESP Potential. Dover Publications Inc. (31 Dec 1982) ISBN 0486242692
• The Faith Healers, 1987, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-369-2. (ISBN 0-87975-535-0 1989 edition foreword by Carl Sagan)
• The Magic World of the Amazing Randi. Adams Media Corporation (September 1989) ISBN 1558509828
• The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer, 1990, Charles Scribner's Sons ISBN 0-684-19056-7 or ISBN 0-87975-830-9.
• James Randi: Psychic Investigator, 1991, ISBN 1-85283-144-8
• Conjuring, 1992 St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312097719
• An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural, 1995, St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-312-15119-5 (Online Version)

References

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• The Linking Ring, Vol. 30, No. 6, August 1950, Randall Zwinge, by Howard Lyons, page 33
• M-U-M, Vol. 46, No. 11, April 1957, THE RETURN OF HARRY HOUDINI, by ROBERT LUND, page 510
• The Magic Circular, Vol. 76, No. 824, April 1982, THIS IS YOUR LIFE, Presenter PETER BLANCHARD, page 64
• Genii 1986 August, Vol. 50, No. 2, Los Angeles Times, Part I/Sunday, September 14, 1986 – Magician-Debunker Conjures Up 'Genius Grant', by Kay Bartlett, Associated Press, page 180
• Sid Lorraine Files Folder, Vol. 11, No. 5, n.d., The Toronto Star, August 23, 1986 ● Saturday Magazine – The Amazing Randi, pages 34-37
• The Linking Ring, Vol. 91, No. 10, October 2011, Pictures from the Past, page 28, Answer to Pictures from the Past from page 28, by Gary R. Frank, page 108
• Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Zwinge, Randall James = The Amazing Randi, kanad. Zauberkünstler; Entfesselungskünstler (*07.08.1928 Toronto, Kanada, page 383