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Encyclopedia > Christopher Bird

Christopher Bird (May 11, 1928 - May 2, 1996) became a science journalist after serving in the U.S. Army. His special field of interest was the world of unconventional scientific phenomena. His works included:

  • Secret Life of Plants (co-authored with Peter Tompkins, 1973) ISBN 0060915870
  • Nikola Tesla: Great Scientist, Forgotten Genius (with Oliver Nichelson, 1977)
  • The Divining Hand (1979) ISBN 0924608161 a History of Dowsing
  • Secrets of the Soil (with Peter Tompkins, 1989) ISBN 1890693243
  • The Trial and Persecution of Gaston Naessens (originally: The Galileo of the Microscope, 1991)

Bird travelled widely and spoke many languages, among them Russian, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Serbo-Croat. He had degrees in botany and Eastern Studies.


He was born in Norwood, Massachusetts and died in Blairsville, Georgia.


External links

  • website (http://birdsnestretreat.com/christopher%20Bird%20Html.html)





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Steven Bird's Publications (1651 words)
Steven Bird and Gary Simons, Proceedings of the ACL Workshop on Sharing Tools and Resources for Research and Education, Toulouse, July 2001, pp 7-18.
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Steven Bird and Maurice Tadadjeu, Yaoundé: NACALCO, 176pp, 1997.
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