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This is the true story of the greatest ghost hunt of any age.
Though it was a period of huge scientific advance, the Victorian era was at the same time one of intense superstition.All over Britain and America, séances were being held in darkened rooms: mysterious rappings were heard, furniture moved, ghostly forms appeared, mediums spoke in the altered voices of the dead, and ouija boards spelt out messages from beyond the grave. In front of this paranormal onslaught eminent scientists founded the Society of Psychical Research in 1882 to determine whether life after death could be scientifically proven.
Their experiments went on for years. Many mediums, like the notorious Madame Blavatsky, were revealed as charlatans, yet there were some who were never exposed, who despite every rigorous scientific test seemed to prove that souls survived death. This is the extraordinary story of this group of mediums and forward thinkers: many of whom were driven to the spirit world by personal tragedy, by a zeal to communicate with their loved ones once more.
Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum is a professor of science journalism at the University of Wisconsin. She worked as a newspaper science writer for twenty years, winning the Pulitzer in 1992 for her writing about primate research, which she turned into a book, The Monkey Wars (Oxford, 1994). Her other books include Sex on the Brain (Viking, 1997) and Love at Goon Park (Perseus, 2002). She has written about scientific research for The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Discover, Health, Psychology Today, and Mother Jones. She is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers and now serves on an advisory board to the World Federation of Science Journalists and the National Academy of Sciences.
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- ÉditeurBlackstone Audiobooks
- Date d'édition2006
- ISBN 10 0792745116
- ISBN 13 9780792745112
- ReliureCD
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