02658cam a22003494a 4500 13973127 OSt 20250708141604.0 050518s2005 nyua b 000 0 eng 9780393329124 [paperback] University of Cebu-Banilad University of Cebu-Banilad 22 Roach, Mary. author. Spook : science tackles the afterlife / Mary Roach. 1st edition New York : W.W. Norton, 2005. 311 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier New York Times Bestseller Includes bibliographical references. 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. The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul. "What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that―the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. Adult General Education General Education : Religion English Future life. Religion and science. ddc BK adryann[new] 07/08/2025 13729 13729 0 0 ddc 0 0 UCBL_MAIN UCBL_MAIN General Interest 2025-07-08 Donated by the Chancellor Ms Candice Gotianuy 0 129 R53 2005 3UCBL000028859 2025-07-08 2025-07-08 GI