Ghost Hunters
William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, Methodology, Religion & Spirituality, Occult, Supernatural, New Age
| Author: | Deborah Blum | ISBN: | 9781101042533 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | May 29, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Deborah Blum |
| ISBN: | 9781101042533 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | May 29, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Language: | English |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poision Squad and The Poisoner's Handbook tells the amazing story of William James's quest for empirical evidence of the spirit world
What if a world -renowned philosopher and professor of psychiatry at Harvard suddenly announced he believed in ghosts? At the close of the nineteenth century, the illustrious William James led a determined scientific investigation into ?unexplainable? incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations. James and a small group of eminent scientists staked their reputations, their careers, even their sanity on one of the most extraordinary quests ever undertaken: to empirically prove the existence of ghosts, spirits, and psychic phenomena. What they pursued? and what they found?raises questions as fascinating today as they were then.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poision Squad and The Poisoner's Handbook tells the amazing story of William James's quest for empirical evidence of the spirit world
What if a world -renowned philosopher and professor of psychiatry at Harvard suddenly announced he believed in ghosts? At the close of the nineteenth century, the illustrious William James led a determined scientific investigation into ?unexplainable? incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations. James and a small group of eminent scientists staked their reputations, their careers, even their sanity on one of the most extraordinary quests ever undertaken: to empirically prove the existence of ghosts, spirits, and psychic phenomena. What they pursued? and what they found?raises questions as fascinating today as they were then.
