The Bluffer's Guide to...

[SusanDoris]

Has anyone read any Bluffer's Guides recently? Thinking of Uri Geller lead my thoughts to ideas like the Zero Point Field and a book I read back in the 1990s which was supposed to convince me of the ZPF's reality! Talk about ahotch-potch of unscientific ideas....
So that of course led me to thinking about the Bluffer's Guides, particularly the one about  the Quantum Universe, and then there was the Guide to Astrology and Fortune Telling.

I tried googling Bluffer's Guides alphabetical list, but no link turned up. If anyone has the time to find the link, I would be grateful.

I have put this in General Discussion because the titles are so varied. I love the way they included proper facts! alphabetical

[Nearly Sane]

See below


http://bluffers.com/shop/

[SusanDoris]

Thank you, NS. It would seem that the number of Guides still available is comparatively small. I suppose they had their day.  I think there should have been one on tap dancing!

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[Stranger]

Thinking of Uri Geller lead my thoughts to ideas like the Zero Point Field and a book I read back in the 1990s which was supposed to convince me of the ZPF's reality! Talk about ahotch-potch of unscientific ideas....

Zero point field/energy is actually a real scientific concept - it's just that there's a hell of a lot of pseudoscience BS written about it.

[john]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention Susan and Nearly Sane.

After looking these books up have ordered one from Amazon (1p second hand + £1.25 postage). I have bought The Bluffers Guide to Jazz.... being impressed by one of the authors qualifications !!!


Peter Gammond

Peter Gammond was an infant prodigy, playing the gramophone at the age of three and revealing a natural winding action that was the admiration of all who beheld it. He is now acknowledged as one of the country’s leading gramophone players, as well as the author of an excessive number of books on music. Most of them have been compiled from the bits that zealous editors removed from earlier ones. Thus there is a remarkable uniformity about his work (something that has not escaped his critics).

[SusanDoris]

Thank you,Skos and John, for your comments. Yes, the ZPF book I read was full of pseudo stuff!  My older son (who used to be an RAF Hercules pilot) first mentioned the Guides to me - he had found the flying one hilarious - it was, too!

[Nearly Sane]

As john has just highlighted there are second hand copies of previous guides on Amazon