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Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death Paperback - 2007
by Deborah Blum
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Blum tells the fascinating story of William James--philosopher and Harvard psychiatry professor--and his scientific investigation into unexplainable incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations.
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A Pulitzer Prize?winning author tells the amazing story of William James?s quest for empirical evidence of the spirit world
What if a world -renowned philosopher and professor of psychiatry at Harvard suddenly announced he believed in ghosts? At the close of the nineteenth century, the illustrious William James led a determined scientific investigation into ?unexplainable? incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations. James and a small group of eminent scientists staked their reputations, their careers, even their sanity on one of the most extraordinary quests ever undertaken: to empirically prove the existence of ghosts, spirits, and psychic phenomena. What they pursued? and what they found?raises questions as fascinating today as they were then.
What if a world -renowned philosopher and professor of psychiatry at Harvard suddenly announced he believed in ghosts? At the close of the nineteenth century, the illustrious William James led a determined scientific investigation into ?unexplainable? incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations. James and a small group of eminent scientists staked their reputations, their careers, even their sanity on one of the most extraordinary quests ever undertaken: to empirically prove the existence of ghosts, spirits, and psychic phenomena. What they pursued? and what they found?raises questions as fascinating today as they were then.
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- Title Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death
- Author Deborah Blum
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, U.S.A.
- Date May 29, 2007
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143038955 / 0143038958
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Topical: New Age
- Dewey Decimal Code 133.909
Media reviews
Fascinating . . . Blum tells her literally wondrous tale very well. (The New York Times Book Review)
A fascinating reminder that reason and revelation are not opposites. (James Shreve, author of The Genome War)
A fascinating reminder that reason and revelation are not opposites. (James Shreve, author of The Genome War)
Citations
- New York Times, 06/10/2007, Page 24
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