The Wreck of the Titanic Foretold? - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1573922013 ISBN 13 : 9781573922012

Editeur : Prometheus Books, 1998

Synopsis

The Wreck of the "Titanic" Foretold? Believers in paranormal powers of precognition have long maintained that the sinking of the Titanic was perceived in advance by extrasensory perception (ESP). Their prize example is Morgan Robertson's sea novel, The Wreck of the Titan, published 14 years before the Titanic went down. This unusual short novel is reproduced here in full, along with a selection of other writings that seem to foretell Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Titanic's memory lives on today in documentaries, movies, and even a Broadway musical. Persistent investigators remain on the case, offering new theories to explain its demise.

Those who strongly believe in precognition point to Morgan Robertson's sea novel The Wreck of the Titan, published fourteen years before the Titanic went down, as proof of the power of extrasensory perception. This rare fifty-page novel is reproduced here in full, along with a selection of other writings that seem to foretell the Titanic's fate, including an excerpt from a novel by famous British journalist and spiritualist W.T. Stead, a short story called "The White Ghost of Disaster," and several poems about ships hitting icebergs in the North Atlantic.

Martin Gardner includes notes and running commentary that explore the coincidences and laws of chance as applied to this historical phenomenon. He also includes a new preface with reaction and updates to the original publication of The Wreck of the Titanic Foretold?

Biographie de l'auteur :

Martin Gardner (1914 - 2010), the creator of Scientific American’s "Mathematical Games" column, which he wrote for more than twenty-five years, was the author of almost one hundred books, including The Annotated Night Before Christmas, The Annotated Snark, Martin Gardner’s Favorite Poetic Parodies, From the Wandering Jew to William F. Buckley Jr., and Science: Good, Bad and Bogus. For many years he was also a contributing editor to the Skeptical Inquirer.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Prometheus Books
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1573922013
• ISBN 13: 9781573922012
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 157