Spook

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• Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

  Mary Roach knows lots of things, but not necessarily, it would seem, about life. As the author of ' Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers', she spent a lot of time finding out about, well, not death, exactly, but rather, what happens to human bo ... (read full critics)

  bookotron published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

• Bookreporter.com - SPOOK: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach

  Perhaps it's best to try defining this oddball book by what it is not. It is not a serious scientific study; it is not a piece of gallows humor; it is not a work with religious implications; it is not an exercise in debunking; it does not champion on ... (read full critics)

  bookreporter published on Sun, 29 Aug 2010

2 Reviews

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  Really enjoyable reading. It's about the ways that science has attempted to prove the existence of an afterlife and/or a soul, but it's mostly about the ways that science has failed.

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  Hold Your Spin said on Dec 30, 2007 | 1 feedback

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  Although the author never comes to a satisfying conclusion, I still enjoyed this book. Enough science to keep me interested presented in a "pop culture" way that kept me reading.

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• English Books
• Paperback 320 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0393329127
• ISBN-13: 9780393329124
• Publisher: W. W. Norton
• Pub date: Oct 02, 2006
• Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書

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