Dogs That Know When Their Owners are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals
Language: English
Published by Hutchinson, 1999
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1999* Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear to head and tail of spine. FINE* Jacket condition: B/w photo illustrated dust wrapper, black and red titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £1699. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Now in clear protective wrapper. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (maroon). Clean, crisp, and tight with no reading wear, no marks to text, paper colouration throughout particularly to page margins and edges. VG.* Illustrations: A few b/w photos, maps, line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 237 pp. text. lxiii pp., appendices, notes, references, & indices at rear.* Description: An investigation into the psychic powers of domestic animals, which particularly aims to explain how dogs know when a member of the family is coming home. The text also covers experiments showing the psychic powers of cats, ponies, monkeys, pigeons and parrots.* A NEAR VG+ text copy of the 1st/1st fnl. with some age faults in a VG protected dust jacket.* 1999-08-26.…
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- Title
- Dogs That Know When Their Owners are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals
- Author
- Sheldrake, Rupert
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- VG/F/VG
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0091801508
- ISBN 13
- 9780091801502
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Dogs, Paranormal
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Review
Sheldrake has shown in the past that he is not afraid to be labeled a rebel, thanks to his theory of morphic resonance, which suggests the following:
Natural systems, or morphic units, at all levels of complexity are animated, organized, and coordinated by morphic fields, which contain an inherent memory. Natural systems inherit this collective memory from all previous things of their kind by a process called morphic resonance, with the result that patterns of development and behavior become increasingly habitual through repetition.
Sheldrake believes that the "telepathy" between pets and humans, or between flocks of birds or schools of fish that move as a single organism, can be explained this theory. Sheldrake is less persuaded by anecdotes that suggest animal clairvoyance--warning of something in the near future--but refuses to disallow the possibility.
He accepts that the case histories he details so thoroughly in this book are anecdotal, but that makes them no less real; and as a scientist himself he sets up experimental conditions for studying this previously ignored phenomenon that show beyond any doubt that the phenomenon exists. He castigates traditional scientists for their refusal to countenance anything that doesn't fit in with their existing paradigms (or prejudices) and challenges them to come up with some more "acceptable" explanation--but none is forthcoming.
This fascinating book is a first attempt at a scientific investigation into a puzzling but quite common occurrence. One hopes that other scientists will follow Sheldrake's brave lead. --David V. Barrett
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Cocksparrow Books is a small on-line second hand book store selling for the last 25 years following the closure of our small bookshop in Wadhurst, East Sussex. We specialise in non-fiction and hard to find titles in a number of fields. We also sell early impression fiction in VG condition avoiding more recent best sellers and airport editions. Our condition notes are as detailed as possible to allow purchasers to fully appreciate what they can expect when they buy. We are open to queries and will do our best to respond quickly to text messages and e-mails. Our offerings may not be the cheapest but if you are looking for a positive outcome to a purchase on-line, do consider ordering from us.…
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