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title: "Richard Wiseman"
date: "2011-02-25T00:00:00+00:00"
modified: "2011-02-25T00:00:00+00:00"
url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/contributors/richard-wiseman/"
post_id: 3699
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# Richard Wiseman

Richard Wiseman is Professor in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire. He is a best-selling popular science writer, whose books include 59 Seconds, Quirkology and The Luck Factor. He most recently published Paranormality: Why We See What Isn’t There (Macmillan, 2011)