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Alcock continues the very negative presentation and evaluation of parapsychological research he began in Parapsychology: Science or Magic (CH, Mar'82); part of his account here concentrates on lines of research that have been especially conspicuous in the last decade. This book consists of two papers (one previously published in the periodical Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Dec. 1987; the other in Enhancing Human Performance, ed. by D. Druckman and J.A. Swets (CH, May'88). For undergraduate college libraries, the book by R. Hyman, The Elusive Quarry (CH, Feb'90), which includes coverage of much the same ground, is likely to be a better choice; it has the advantage of providing some direct representation of other points of view. Alcock's book, however, gives more attention to the topic of parapsychological experimentation with random-event generators. Graduate level. -I. L. Child, Yale University
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