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Country United States Publisher W. W. Norton & Company Pages 311 pp OCLC 76884889 | 3.6/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 2005 Originally published 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Macavity Awards for Best Non-fiction Similar Mary Roach books, Non-fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spook science tackles the afterlife
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005), published by W. W. Norton & Company, a non-fiction work by Mary Roach, is a humorous scientific exploration as to whether there is a soul that survives death. In Britain, the title of the book is Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife.
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife was the recipient of the Elle Reader's Prize in October 2005. Spook was also listed as a New York Times Notable Books pick in 2005, as well as a New York Times Bestseller, and it was also an October Booksense pick.
Book synopsis
Author Mary Roach investigates the possibility of an afterlife and also attempts to find and define the soul, all while using a scientific approach. The book covers these topics:
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA