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The Science of Ghosts : Searching for Spirits of the Dead by Joe Nickell is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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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. 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, like the Old Testament's Witch of Endor, the spiritualists whose darkroom séances provoked scientific controversy in the last two centuries, or today's "psychic mediums," like John Edward or Sylvia Browne, who seem to reach the "Other Side" even under the glare of television lights. Currently, equipment-laden ghost hunters stalk their quarry in haunted places-from urban houses to country graveyards-recording "anomalies" they insist...

Who reads The Science of Ghosts : Searching for Spirits of the Dead?

Author

Joe Nickell

Publisher

Prometheus Books, Publishers

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781616145859

Category

science

Subjects

Body Mind & Spirit, Fiction, Psychology

Rating

2.93 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14