Original sentence: ) earned him a wealth of antagonists in fringe science and New Age philosophy; he kept up running dialogues (both public and private) with many of them for decades.In 1976 Gardner joined with fellow skeptics philosopher Paul Kurtz, psychologist Ray Hyman, sociologist Marcello Truzzi, and stage magician James Randi to found the [[CSICOP|Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (now called the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry).In 1982 the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry awarded Gardner their highest award, In Praise of Reason Award for his "heroic efforts in defense of reason and the dignity of the skeptical attitude".In a review of  Science: Good, Bad and Bogus Stephen Jay Gould called Martin Gardner "The Quack Detector", a writer who "expunge[d] nonsense" and in so doing had "become a priceless national resource.Klass became fellows of the program.These columns have been collected in five books starting with The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher in 1988
Edited sentence: ) earned him a wealth of detractors and antagonists in the fields of fringe science and New Age philosophy, with many of whom he kept up running dialogues (both public and private) for decades.In 1976 Gardner joined with fellow skeptics philosopher Paul Kurtz, psychologist Ray Hyman, sociologist Marcello Truzzi, and stage magician James Randi to found the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP).In 1982 the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP) awarded Gardner their highest award, In Praise of Reason Award for his "heroic efforts in defense of reason and the dignity of the skeptical attitude".In a review of  Science: Good, Bad and Bogus Stephen Jay Gould calls Martin Gardner "The Quack Detector", a writer who "expunges nonsense" and in so doing has "become a priceless national resource.Klass later became fellows of CSICOP.These columns  have been collected in five books starting with The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher in 1988