Richard Wiseman

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Psychologist, author, and magician Professor Richard Wiseman blends science, storytelling and his trademark humour to examine the extraordinary. A world-renowned communicator and academic, he translates complex science into actionable insights and his work helps millions of people transform their thinking, their luck, and their lives.

Communicator: With over 3 million books sold in 20+ languages, 800 million YouTube views, and a #1 Science Podcast on Apple, Richard is a global leader in making the mind accessible.

Researcher: As Britain’s only Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology, he has published over 100 academic papers and is a recipient of the Royal Society’s prestigious David Attenborough Award.

Creative: Named ‘one of the world’s most creative psychologists’ by Elizabeth Loftus (Past President, APS), Richard is a Member of the Inner Magic Circle, and acts as a consultant for many magicians, including Derren Brown.

Oh, and he also conducted the now-famous scientific search for the world’s funniest joke!

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Testimonials

“Excellent, uplifting and long over-due”

Derren Brown, on 59 Seconds

‘A unique master class on the mind’

Evening Standard, on The Theatre of Science, created by Richard Wiseman and Simon Singh

“At the climax, with the scuttling disembodied hand, the boy on my left leant forward, face glowing with wonder. He was clearly experiencing magic.”

The Times review of ‘Coraline’, magic devised by Richard Wiseman and David Britland

“Wiseman skewers the paranormal charlatans, blows away the psychic fog and lets in the clear light of reason”

Richard Dawkins, on Paranormality

"The only self-help book any self- respecting denizen of the 21st-century needs to read”

A.L. Kennedy, on 59 Seconds