Spook : science tackles the afterlife / Mary Roach.
Draws on the achievements of scientists, engineers, and mediums to consider the feasibility of life after death, from a reincarnation researcher's experimentation with out-of-body experiences to laboratory investigations into ghosts.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393059625
- ISBN: 0393059626
- ISBN: 9780393329124
- ISBN: 0393329127
- Physical Description: 311 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2005.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-311). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | You again : a visit to the reincarnation nation -- The little man inside the sperm, or possibly the big toe : hunting the soul with microscopes and scalpels -- How to weigh a soul : what happens when a man (or a mouse, or a leech) dies on a scale -- The Vienna sausage affair : and other dubious highlights of the ongoing effort to see the soul -- Hard to swallow : the giddy, revolting heyday of ectoplasm -- The large claims of the medium : reaching out to the dead in a University of Arizona lab -- Soul in a dunce cap : the author enrolls in medium school -- Can you hear me now? : telecommunicating with the dead -- Inside the haunt box : can electromagnetic fields make you hallucinate? -- Listening to Casper : a psychoacoustics expert sets up camp in England's haunted spots -- Chaffin v. the dead guy in the overcoat : in which the law finds for a ghost, and the author calls in an expert witness -- Six feet over : a computer stands by on an operating room ceiling, awaiting near-death experiencers. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Future life. Religion and science. |
Available copies
- 27 of 30 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Harnett County Library.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 30 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Creek Public Library | 129 Roa (Text) | 33630003638702 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | 129 Roa (Text) | 33630003515942 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
