Spooky Science: Debunking the Pseudoscience of the Afterlife - Couverture rigide

Grant, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1454916540 ISBN 13 : 9781454916543

Editeur : Sterling, 2015

Synopsis

Sceptics of the supernatural will enjoy this humourous jaunt through the long history of scientific enquiry into paranormal and psychic phenomena, such as telepathy, life after death, spirit communication, the astral plane, reincarnation and spoon bending. On the relatively rare occasions when scientists have tried to apply their methods to the paranormal, they've often ended up embarrassed - fooled by obvious charlatans, deluded into making irrational and unsubstantiated claims or frustrated in their attempt to find something that just isn't there. John Grant investigates the pseudoscience of spooky stuff to fascinating and often hilarious effect.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Grant is the author of some 70 books and recipient of two Hugo Awards, the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award and a number of other international literary awards. He co-edited with John Clute 'The Encyclopedia of Fantasy' (Orbit/St Martin's) and wrote in their entirety all three editions of 'The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters' (Hyperion). His 'A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Definitive Reference Guide' has the distinction of being the largest film-noir encyclopaedia ever written. Among his other recently published non-fiction books are the highly successful 'Discarded Science', 'Corrupted Science' and 'Bogus Science' (all AAPPL/Sterling).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sterling
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1454916540
• ISBN 13: 9781454916543
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible