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Spook : science tackles the afterlife

by Mary Roach

An exploration of scientific, historical, and spiritual attempts to prove the existence of an afterlife. The work examines research into reincarnation, near-death experiences, mediumship, and historical experiments that attempted to locate and weigh the human soul.

Accession 6070 ISBN 0393059626 Publisher W. W. Norton & Co.
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