""This is it-the definitive book on ghosts from a scientific perspective, written by the world’s foremost science-based ghost hunter. Nickell is the go-to guy for all things paranormal, and with this book he has once again asserted himself as a fair and careful investigator whose conclusions we can trust.” - Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American, and author of The Believing Brain “In [this] important new book Joe Nickell-the premier skeptical paranormal investigator alive today-explains his expert techniques while presenting various paranormal cases, looking at the actual evidence for the existence of such spirit beings. This is a book that everyone interested in ghostly evidence for the afterlife-believer and skeptic alike-will benefit from reading.” - D. J. Grothe, president, James Randi Educational Foundation “[The Science of Ghosts] will find a home in science and new age collections alike, and considers the actual evidence surrounding psychic contacts with ’the other side… a balanced assessment of the evidence for ghosts and hauntings.” - The Bookwatch “Filled with case studies, this book will interest other fans of ghostly affairs academia.” - Bookviews by Alan Caruba “This is a well thought out, intelligently written book.” - City Book Review
Description
In this successor to his pioneeringScience, Truth, and Democracy, the author revisits the topic explored in his previous work-namely, the challenges of integrating science, the most successful knowledge-generating system of all time, with the problems of democracy. But in this new work, the author goes far beyond that earlier book in studying places at which the practice of science fails to answer social needs. He considers a variety of examples of pressing concern, ranging from climate change to religiously inspired constraints on biomedical research to the neglect of diseases that kill millions of children annually, analyzing the sources of trouble. He shows the fallacies of thinking that democracy always requires public debate of issues most people cannot comprehend, and argues that properly constituted expertise is essential to genuine democracy. No previous book has treated the place of science in democratic society so comprehensively and systematically, with attention to different aspects of science and to pressing problems of our times.
Genres
Pages270
Released2011
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGlobe Pequot Publishing
ISBN9781616144081
SellerSimon & Schuster
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