Barrett M D Stephen Editor (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes the following: FROM THE CHAIRMAN: Is There Intelligent Life on Earth? by Paul Kurtz; SPECIAL REPORT: CSICOP's 1987 Conference in Pasadena; ARTICLES: The Burden of Skepticism by Carl Sagan; Catching Geller in the Act by C. Eugene Emery, Jr., MEDICAL CONTROVERSIES: Chiropractic: A Skeptical View by William Jarvis, Homeopathy: Is It Medicine? by Stephen Barrett, M.D., Alternative Therapies by Lewis Jones, Quackery: THe Need for Federal, State, and Local Response by Claude Pepper; NEWS AND COMMENT: Alien Abduction Tales / Trobles for TM / UFO - landing Hoax / Selling the Lottery with ESP / Alaskan 'UFO' Sightings / Strieber on 'Tonight' / Quack AIDS Remedies / In Brief; NOTES OF A FRINGE-WATCHER: THe THird Eye by Martin Gardner; PSYCHIC VIBRATIONS: Fox spirits in CHina, holy spirits in the USSR, and flaming spirits in Florida by RObert Sheaffer; FORUM: Have Some Psychic Energy, On the Rocks by Steven Rubenstein, New Schemes in Worthless Cancer THerapy by Richard H. Lange; BOOK REVIEWS: Budd Hopkins, INtruders (Philip J. Klass), Whitley Strieber, Communion (ernest H. Taves); ARTICLES OF NOTE; and FROM OUR READERS. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings. All pages are in fine unmarked condition. Former owner postal address label affixed to lower rear cover. Pages 1 - 110. "The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal: The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal attempts to encourage the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and to disseminate factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public. To carry out these objectives the Committee: Maintains a network of people interested in critically examining claims of the paranormal; Prepares bibliographies of published materials that carefully examine such claims; Encourages and commissions research by objective and impartial inquiry in areas where it is needed; Convenes conferences and meetings; Publishes articles, monographs, and books that examine claims of the paranormal; Does not reject claims on a priori grounds, antecedent to inquiry, but rather examines them objectively and carefully. The Committee is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization. The Skeptical Inquirer is its official journal." -- from the rear outer cover. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A solid spine with no flaws, The dustjacket has light edge rubbings .Stories by: Catherine Asard, Neal Barrett,Jr., Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford,P.D.Cacek, Jack Dann, Paul Di Filippo, Thomas M.Disch, Elizabeth, Hand, Joe Haldeman, Nina Kirki Hoffman, Kahte Koja & Barry N.Malzberg , Ursula K.LeGuin, Ardath Mayhar, Micheal Moorcock, David Morrell, Larry niven, Joyce Carol Oates, Kit Reed, Rudy Rucker & John Shirley, Al Sarrantonio, Peter Schieder, Dan Simmons, Michael Marshall Smith, harry Turtledove, Robert E.Vardeman, Catherine Wells, Laura Whitton, Gene Wolfe.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.