{"product_id":"ghost-hunters-william-james-and-the-search-for-scientific-proof-of-life-after-death-9780143038955","title":"Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Poision Squad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Poisoner's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e tells the amazing story of William James's quest for empirical evidence of the spirit world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What if a world-renowned philosopher and professor of psychiatry at Harvard suddenly announced he believed in ghosts? At the close of the nineteenth century, the illustrious William James led a determined scientific investigation into \"unexplainable\" incidences of clairvoyance and ghostly visitations. James and a small group of eminent scientists staked their reputations, their careers, even their sanity on one of the most extraordinary quests ever undertaken: to empirically prove the existence of ghosts, spirits, and psychic phenomena. What they pursued--and what they found--raises questions as fascinating today as they were then.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulitzer 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Monkey Wars\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford, 1994). Her other books include \u003ci\u003eSex on the Brain\u003c\/i\u003e (Viking, 1997) and \u003ci\u003eLove at Goon Park\u003c\/i\u003e (Perseus, 2002). She has written about scientific research for \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHealth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513851187474,"sku":"9780143038955","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b7b0d51-f857-4797-b767-d345e5bbb469.jpg?v=1730968181","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ghost-hunters-william-james-and-the-search-for-scientific-proof-of-life-after-death-9780143038955","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}