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Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction. - Review - book review
Skeptical Inquirer, July, 2001 by Kendrick Frazier, Benjamin Radford
Clifford A. Pickover. Prometheus Books, 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228-2197. 2001. ISBN 1-57392-895-X. 452 pp. Hardcover, $28. A skeptical but sympathetic scientist and writer provides a sweeping reference to fortune-telling practices, ancient to modern, from astrology, palmistry, and tarot cards to readings of tea leaves and the shapes of holes in cheese to divining God's will by fire or flame.
Humans have always wanted to know what the future holds, explaining the enduring lure of divination. Includes sections on Beyond Sticks and Stones; Mind, Myth, and Meaning; Nostradamus and Other Prophets; and Science and the Will to Believe. ("The Antinous Prophecies: A Nostradamoid Project," in the May/June 2001 SKEPTICAL INQUIRER is from this book.)
COPYRIGHT 2001 Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
COPYRIGHT 2001 Gale Group
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