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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
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Mary Roach
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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.

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Street Date:
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ISBN:
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Mary Roach. (2006). Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. W. W. Norton & Company.

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Mary Roach. 2006. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. W. W. Norton & Company.

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