Full name: Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

Author: Mary Roach Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Science, Humor, Religion, History, Psychology, Paranormal Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads Barns&Noble Google Books LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393329124 0393329127 0393059626

A scientifically quirky investigation into just exactly what happens when we die "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 laptop?" The bestselling author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers now trains her considerable humour and curiosity on the human soul, seeking answers from a varied and fascinating crew of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die. Electromagnetic hauntings, out-of-body experiences, ghosts and lawsuits: Mary Roach sifts and weighs the evidence in her hilarious, inimitable style. Similar books: Bonk by Mary Roach Packing for Mars by Mary Roach Six Feet Over by Mary Roach Grunt by Mary Roach Will my cat eat my eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty Why Is Snot Green? by Glenn Murphy Gulp by Mary Roach Stiff by Mary Roach Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe My Planet by Mary Roach The Invention of Religion by Alexander Drake Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer Science Set Free by Rupert Sheldrake Why Does the World Exist? by Jim Holt A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Bad Science by Ben Goldacre The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons by Sam Kean The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris