The Resource Spook : science tackles the afterlife, Mary Roach
Spook : science tackles the afterlife, Mary Roach
Resource Information
The item Spook : science tackles the afterlife, Mary Roach represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fulton County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Spook : science tackles the afterlife, Mary Roach represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fulton County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 311 pages
- Contents
-
- You again : a visit to the reincarnation nation
- The little man inside the sperm, or possibly the big toe : hunting the soul with microscopes and scalpels
- How to weigh a soul : what happens when a man (or a mouse, or a leech) dies on a scale
- The Vienna sausage affair : and other dubious highlights of the ongoing effort to see the soul
- Hard to swallow : the giddy, revolting heyday of ectoplasm
- The large claims of the medium : reaching out to the dead in a University of Arizona lab
- Soul in a dunce cap : the author enrolls in medium school
- Can you hear me now? : telecommunicating with the dead
- Inside the haunt box : can electromagnetic fields make you hallucinate?
- Listening to Casper : a psychoacoustics expert sets up camp in England's haunted spots
- Chaffin v. the dead guy in the overcoat : in which the law finds for a ghost, and the author calls in an expert witness
- Six feet over : a computer stands by on an operating room ceiling, awaiting near-death experiencers
- Isbn
- 9780393059625
- Label
- Spook : science tackles the afterlife
- Title
- Spook
- Title remainder
- science tackles the afterlife
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Roach
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Draws on the achievements of scientists, engineers, and mediums to consider the feasibility of life after death, from a reincarnation researcher's experimentation with out-of-body experiences to laboratory investigations into ghosts
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2005
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 159144
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Roach, Mary
- Dewey number
- 129
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BL535
- LC item number
- .R63 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Future life
- Religion and science
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- science tackles the afterlife
- Label
- Spook : science tackles the afterlife, Mary Roach
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-311)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- You again : a visit to the reincarnation nation -- The little man inside the sperm, or possibly the big toe : hunting the soul with microscopes and scalpels -- How to weigh a soul : what happens when a man (or a mouse, or a leech) dies on a scale -- The Vienna sausage affair : and other dubious highlights of the ongoing effort to see the soul -- Hard to swallow : the giddy, revolting heyday of ectoplasm -- The large claims of the medium : reaching out to the dead in a University of Arizona lab -- Soul in a dunce cap : the author enrolls in medium school -- Can you hear me now? : telecommunicating with the dead -- Inside the haunt box : can electromagnetic fields make you hallucinate? -- Listening to Casper : a psychoacoustics expert sets up camp in England's haunted spots -- Chaffin v. the dead guy in the overcoat : in which the law finds for a ghost, and the author calls in an expert witness -- Six feet over : a computer stands by on an operating room ceiling, awaiting near-death experiencers
- Control code
- 20064181
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 311 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393059625
- Lccn
- 2005014450
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9780393059625
- Label
- Spook : science tackles the afterlife, Mary Roach
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-311)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- You again : a visit to the reincarnation nation -- The little man inside the sperm, or possibly the big toe : hunting the soul with microscopes and scalpels -- How to weigh a soul : what happens when a man (or a mouse, or a leech) dies on a scale -- The Vienna sausage affair : and other dubious highlights of the ongoing effort to see the soul -- Hard to swallow : the giddy, revolting heyday of ectoplasm -- The large claims of the medium : reaching out to the dead in a University of Arizona lab -- Soul in a dunce cap : the author enrolls in medium school -- Can you hear me now? : telecommunicating with the dead -- Inside the haunt box : can electromagnetic fields make you hallucinate? -- Listening to Casper : a psychoacoustics expert sets up camp in England's haunted spots -- Chaffin v. the dead guy in the overcoat : in which the law finds for a ghost, and the author calls in an expert witness -- Six feet over : a computer stands by on an operating room ceiling, awaiting near-death experiencers
- Control code
- 20064181
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 311 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393059625
- Lccn
- 2005014450
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9780393059625
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.fulco.lib.in.us/portal/Spook--science-tackles-the-afterlife-Mary/4_R_wvR1bOs/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.fulco.lib.in.us/portal/Spook--science-tackles-the-afterlife-Mary/4_R_wvR1bOs/">Spook : science tackles the afterlife, Mary Roach</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.fulco.lib.in.us/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.fulco.lib.in.us/">Fulton County Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item Spook : science tackles the afterlife, Mary Roach
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.fulco.lib.in.us/portal/Spook--science-tackles-the-afterlife-Mary/4_R_wvR1bOs/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.fulco.lib.in.us/portal/Spook--science-tackles-the-afterlife-Mary/4_R_wvR1bOs/">Spook : science tackles the afterlife, Mary Roach</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.fulco.lib.in.us/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.fulco.lib.in.us/">Fulton County Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
