Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
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Author | Mary Roach |
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Language | English |
Genre | Science |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication date | 2005 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
Pages | 311 pp |
ISBN | 0-393-32912-7 |
OCLC | 76884889 |
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005), published by W. W. Norton & Company, a nonfiction work by Mary Roach, is a humorous scientific exploration as to whether there is a soul that survives death. In Britain, the title of the book is Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife.
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife was the recipient of the Elle Reader's Prize in October 2005. Spook was also listed as a New York Times Notable Books pick in 2005, as well as a New York Times Bestseller, and it was also an October Booksense pick.[1]
Book synopsis
[edit]Author Mary Roach investigates the possibility of an afterlife and also attempts to find and define the soul, all while using a scientific approach. The book covers these topics:
- Investigations of reincarnation
- Attempts to find the soul (by dissection, weighing, and other methods)
- Spiritualism, fraudulent mediums, and ectoplasm
- Modern mediumship, and "medium schools"
- Attempts to use electronic devices to communicate with the dead, including electronic voice phenomena (EVP)
- Other forces that make people feel haunted electromagnetic fields, infrasound, etc.
- Court cases involving ghosts
- Near-death experiences and out-of-body experiences
References
[edit]- ^ Roach, Mary. "Spook". Retrieved 31 July 2012.