The Science of Weird Shit
Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal
$53.24
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2025
Summary
An accessible and gratifying introduction to the world of paranormal beliefs and bizarre experiences.
Ghostly encounters, alien abduction, reincarnation, talking to the dead, UFO sightings, inexplicable coincidences, out-of-body and near-death experiences. Are these legitimate phenomena? If not, how should we go about understanding them? In this fascinating book, Chris French investigates paranormal claims to discover what lurks behind this “weird shit.” French provides authoritative,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553025 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262553023 |
| Author: | Chris French, Richard Wiseman |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 498g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 154mm x 230mm |
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Critics Review
“This fascinating inquiry … provides scientific explanations for such otherworldly phenomena as alien encounters, déjà vu, and ghosts … The science intrigues …Skeptics will feel vindicated.”
—Publishers Weekly
Chris French
Chris French is Emeritus Professor and Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a Patron of Humanists UK. He is the coauthor of Anomalistic Psychology: Exploring Paranormal Belief and Experience.
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