Christopher Bird

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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. He served as vice president of the Planetary Association for Clean Energy (PACE). His works included:

• Secret Life of Plants (co-authored with Peter Tompkins, 1973) ISBN 0-06-091587-0
• Nikola Tesla: Great Scientist, Forgotten Genius (with Oliver Nichelson, 1977)
• The Divining Hand (1979) ISBN 0-924608-16-1 a History of Dowsing
• Secrets of the Soil (with Peter Tompkins, 1989) ISBN 1-890693-24-3
• 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. PACE