Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death

Deborah Blum

ISBN 10: 1594200904 / ISBN 13: 9781594200908

Published by Penguin Press HC, The, 2006

About this Item

Traces how the respected psychologist brother of Henry James announced his belief in the paranormal at the end of the nineteenth century and set out to gather scientific data proving the existence of ghosts, an endeavor for which he formed the American Society for Psychical Research along with contemporaries Richard Hodgson and James Hyslop. 40,000 first printing. 590 6.34,"unit":"INCHES"},{"value":1.18,"unit":"INCHES"},{"value":9.26,"unit":"INCHES"}].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death
• Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594200904
• ISBN 13: 9781594200908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very good
• Weight: 590 grams

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Synopsis

Traces how the respected psychologist brother of Henry James announced his belief in the paranormal at the end of the nineteenth century and set out to gather scientific data proving the existence of ghosts, an endeavor for which he formed the American Society for Psychical Research along with contemporaries Richard Hodgson and James Hyslop. 40,000 first printing.

About the Author

Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum is a professor of science journalism at the University of Wisconsin. She worked as a newspaper science writer for twenty years, winning the Pulitzer in 1992 for her writing about primate research, which she turned into a book, The Monkey Wars (Oxford, 1994). Her other books include Sex on the Brain (Viking, 1997) and Love at Goon Park (Perseus, 2002). She has written about scientific research for The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Discover, Health, Psychology Today, and Mother Jones. She is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers and now serves on an advisory board to the World Federation of Science Journalists and the National Academy of Sciences.