Fringe Figures And Pseudoscience
23 entries in the Fringe Figures And Pseudoscience compendium.
Alessandro CagliostroItalian occultist and self-styled magician, called the 'Quack of Quacks.'Anatoly FomenkoMathematician, topologist, and originator of the New Chronology theory.Andrew WakefieldEnglish fraudster and anti-vaccine activist struck off medical register.Arnold EhretGerman naturopath who promoted the Mucusless Diet Healing System.Arthur de GobineauFrench diplomat who pioneered racial demography and Aryan theory.Bernard HeuvelmansBelgian-French zoologist who coined the term 'cryptozoology'.Dane RudhyarPioneer of humanistic and transpersonal astrology.David IckeEnglish conspiracy theorist and former BBC sports presenter.David IrvingEnglish author and Holocaust denier discredited in 2000 libel trial.Edgar CayceAmerican clairvoyant who diagnosed illnesses while asleep.Erich von DänikenSwiss author who popularized ancient astronaut theory.Franz Joseph GallGerman neuroanatomist who founded the pseudoscience of phrenology.Geoffrey of MonmouthCleric and chronicler who shaped the Arthurian legend.Ian StevensonPsychiatrist who studied children's past-life memories for forty years.Immanuel VelikovskyPsychoanalyst and catastrophist whose pseudohistorical works sparked academic controversy.Ivan T. SandersonBiologist, writer, and co-founder of cryptozoology.Jeane DixonAmerican psychic and astrologer known for Kennedy assassination prediction.Michio KushiJapanese educator who brought macrobiotics to the United States.NostradamusFrench astrologer and reputed seer of the 16th century.Richard BandlerCo-founder of neuro-linguistic programming and self-help author.Robert Atkins (physician)American physician who created the low-carb Atkins Diet.Samuel HahnemannGerman doctor who founded the alternative medicine system homeopathy.Stanton T. FriedmanNuclear physicist who became a leading ufologist.
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