The Science of Ghosts: Searching for Spirits of the Dead by Nickell, Joe

The Science of Ghosts: Searching for Spirits of the Dead (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781616145859)

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The Science of Ghosts: Searching for Spirits of the Dead by Nickell, Joe

The Science of Ghosts: Searching for Spirits of the Dead

$18.00
The Science of Ghosts: Searching for Spirits of the Dead by Nickell, Joe

The Science of Ghosts: Searching for Spirits of the Dead

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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Are ghosts real? Are there truly haunted places, only haunted people, or both? And how can we know? Taking neither a credulous nor a dismissive approach, this first-of-its-kind book solves those perplexing mysteries and more--even answering the question of why we care so very much. Putting aside purely romantic tales, this book examines the actual evidence for ghosts--from eyewitness accounts to mediumistic productions (such as diaphanous forms materializing in dim light), spirit photographs, ghost-detection phenomena, and even CSI-type trace evidence. Offering numerous exciting case studies, this book engages in serious investigation rather than breathless mystifying. Pseudoscience, folk legends, and outright hoaxes are challenged and exposed, while the historical, cultural, and scientific aspects of ghost experiences and haunting reports are carefully explored. The author--the world's only professional paranormal investigator--brings his skills as a stage magician, private detective, folklorist, and forensic science writer to bear on a topic that demands serious study.

Author: Joe Nickell
ISBN-10: 1616145854
ISBN-13: 9781616145859
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2012
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.07w x 0.85d
By Joe Nickell
By Joe Nickell
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Joe Nickell (Amherst, NY) has been called "the modern Sherlock Holmes" and "the real-life Scully" (from The X-Files). He has been on the trail of mysterious creatures and phenomena for four decades. Since 1995 he has been the world's only full-time, professional, science-based paranormal investigator. His careful, often-innovative investigations have won him international respect in a field charged with controversy. He is the author of numerous books, including most recently Tracking the Man-Beasts: Sasquatch, Vampires, Zombies, and More and Real or Fake? Studies in Authentication and Adventures in Paranormal Investigation. See www.joenickell.com for more.

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