Gordon Stein

April 30, 1941 (age 55)

New York

He earned degrees in psychology and zoology, a doctorate in physiology from Ohio State University and master"s degrees in Management and Library Science from University of Rochester, Adelphi College, and the University of California at Los Los Angeles He was an author of books for secular humanist and rationalist publications, he also was a critic of claims of paranormal phenomena. Stein died of cancer in Buffalo General Hospital. He published articles critical of the paranormal in the Skeptical Inquirer. His book is a debunking of the mediumship of Daniel Douglas Home and the spiritualist claims of William Crookes. Stein suspected that Crookes was too ashamed to admit he had been duped by the medium Florence Cook or he conspired with her for sexual favors. He also suggested that Crookes had conspired with Anna Eva Fay. He noted that contrary to popular belief Home had been exposed as a fraud on several occasions. Stein concluded that all the feats of Home were conjuring tricks. In a review biographer William Brock wrote that Stein made his "case against Crookes and Home clearly and logically." He also edited the Encyclopedia of the (1996) which received positive reviews. Stein had documented the tricks of fraudulent mediums. He discovered that a levitation photograph of Carmine Mirabelli had been chemically retouched.

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Robert G. Ingersoll: A Checklist (Serif series: bibliographies and checklists)

(First edition. Covers separately published titles, works ...)

A Second Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism (Skeptics Bookshelf) by Gordon Stein (1988-01-19)

Encyclopedia of Hoaxes 1

(Book by Stein, Gordon)

ROBERT G. INGERSOLL A CHECKLIST

(1969 1st Kent State. 8vo., 128pp., hardcover. VG, light s...)

A Second Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism (Skeptics Bookshelf) by Gordon Stein (1988-01-19)

Additions and corrections to Robert G. Ingersoll, a checklist

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Background

Stein was born in New York from Jewish parents, and from an early age took an interest in science.

Career

He earned degrees in psychology and zoology, a doctorate in physiology from Ohio State University and master"s degrees in Management and Library Science from University of Rochester, Adelphi College, and the University of California at Los Los Angeles He was an author of books for secular humanist and rationalist publications, he also was a critic of claims of paranormal phenomena. Stein died of cancer in Buffalo General Hospital.

He published articles critical of the paranormal in the Skeptical Inquirer.

His book is a debunking of the mediumship of Daniel Douglas Home and the spiritualist claims of William Crookes. Stein suspected that Crookes was too ashamed to admit he had been duped by the medium Florence Cook or he conspired with her for sexual favors.

He also suggested that Crookes had conspired with Anna Eva Fay. He noted that contrary to popular belief Home had been exposed as a fraud on several occasions.

Stein concluded that all the feats of Home were conjuring tricks.

In a review biographer William Brock wrote that Stein made his "case against Crookes and Home clearly and logically." He also edited the Encyclopedia of the (1996) which received positive reviews. Stein had documented the tricks of fraudulent mediums. He discovered that a levitation photograph of Carmine Mirabelli had been chemically retouched.