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29: 205:, wrote that the paper "could fulfill a useful task in explaining many seemingly miraculous things, and consequently to the clarification of the misconceptions that exist in many people's minds. Education of a hopefully large audience is the first and foremost task of our magazine." From 1988 until 2002, astronomer 191: 228:
was reduced from quarterly to semi-annually. On the other hand, its size grew from 20 pages per issue in 1988 to 48 in 2014. During Nanninga's editorship (2002–2014), the number of subscribers increased from about 1500 to 2200.
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After Nanninga's death in May 2014, he was succeeded as editor-in-chief by science journalist Hans van Maanen in December. The layout was revamped, and since 2016
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has been issued four times a year again, as was the case before 2007. Since September 2017, the staff consists of editor-in-chief Hans van Maanen and editors
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from non-existent universities, the "ridiculous" verdict by an Amsterdam judge that the
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de Jager, Cornelis (1 March 1988). "Is Para-wetenschap ook wetenschap? Een inleiding".
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has been concentrated more and more on the Internet. In that year, the frequency of
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In its first issue, the contemporary president of Stichting Skepsis, astronomer
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is more than 2300, the total circulation is at 2900.
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Rob Nanninga
Scientific skepticism
Circulation
Stichting Skepsis
Netherlands
Dutch
skepsis.nl/tijdschrift-skepter/
ISSN
0921-5085
popular science
magazine
Dutch
skeptical
Stichting Skepsis

Cornelis de Jager
Marcel Hulspas
nl
Rob Nanninga
Pepijn van Erp
CSI fellow
Jan Willem Nienhuys
circulation
alternative medicine
magic
paranormal
reflexology
9/11 conspiracy theories
tidal forces

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