Extra sensory : the science and pseudoscience of telepathy and other powers of the mind
(2013)
By:
Clegg, Brian
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
133.8/CLEGG,B
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
308 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781250019066 (hbk.), 1250019060 (hbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Feel the power -- superheroes and physics -- Parapsychology -- separating sheep and goats -- Can you hear me? -- It moves -- Things to come -- Seeing elsewhere -- In the Rhine lab -- Enter the military -- Picking the pear -- Bending spoons -- Is anything there?
Examines whether ESP, telekinesis, and other seemingly supernatural abilities are actual talents or manifestations of fantasy, documenting the research of scientists while assessing the possible physical mechanisms for ESP