Title :The Science of Ghosts:
Author : Joe Nickell
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Pages : 412
ISBN-13 : 9781616145859
Price : $18
From the most ancient times, people have experienced apparent contact with spirits of the dead. Some have awakened to see a ghost at their bedside or encountered a spectral figure gliding through a medieval castle. Others have seemingly communicated with spirits, the spiritualists whose darkroom seances provoked scientific controversy in the last two centuries, or today's psychic mediums, who seem to reach the Other Side even under the glare of television lights. Offering numerous exciting case studies, this volume 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.
Putting aside purely romantic tales, The Science of Ghosts examines the actual evidence for such contact—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.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.
This is the definitive book on ghosts from a scientific perspective written by the world's foremost science-based ghost hunter. Joe Nickell has once again risen to the challenge of attempting to explain what are often seemingly inexplicable one-off anomalous events by employing the best science and technology available for each and every case of the most prominent ghost sightings and experiences in history. Nickell is the go-to guy for all things paranormal and with this book he has once again asserted himself as a fair and careful investigator whose conclusions we can trust.
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.
Website: www.joenickell.com
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