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Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death

by Deborah Blum

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poision Squad and The Poisoner''s Handbook 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 psychiat... Read more
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poision Squad and The Poisoner''s Handbook 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. Less

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File size5.46x8.06x0.81inches
Print pages370
PublisherPenguin Books
Publication date June 1, 2007
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780143038955
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Deborah Blum
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DEBORAH BLUM, professor of science journalism at the University of Wisconsin, is the author of The Poisoner’s Handbook and winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.TIM FOLGER is a contr...

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