MacArthur "genius award" recipient James Randi is a professional magician, author, lecturer, and investigator of unusual claims. His books include The Mask of Nostradamus, The Faith Healers, Flim-Flam!, The Truth About Uri Geller, and Houdini--His Life and Art. He is one of the founders of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) and belongs to numerous humanist and scientific organizations. Mr. Randi has logged over 100,000 miles a year in his research into pseudoscience. Isaac Asimov called Randi "a national treasure," and Carl Sagan said of him: "We may disagree with Randi on specific points but we ignore him at our peril." He makes his home in Plantation, Florida with his cat, birds, and an occasional itinerant magician.