{"id":1016,"date":"2009-01-13T19:40:03","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T03:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2009-01-13T19:40:03","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T03:40:03","slug":"spook-science-tackles-the-afterlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/01\/13\/spook-science-tackles-the-afterlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-1016\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spook-Science-Afterlife-Mary-Roach\/dp\/0393329127\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1231902620&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/search-handle-url\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Mary%20Roach\">Mary Roach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paperback:<\/strong> 320 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> W. W. Norton (October 2, 2006)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 0393329127<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-0393329124<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mary Roach likes to write about things she initially knows nothing about; she must really dig doing research (and meeting some off-kilter folks).\u00c2\u00a0 Her last book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=90\" target=\"_self\">Stiff<\/a>, discusses what happens to the human body after death.\u00c2\u00a0 This book tries to look at what happens to the soul.<\/p>\n<p>Its not as good a read as her last book &#8211; I thought this one lacked some of the &#8220;a-ha&#8221; moments that made the last book entertaining.\u00c2\u00a0 And, I thought her skepticism reduced some of the book&#8217;s potential.<\/p>\n<p>While I recommend <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stiff<\/span>, I think I&#8217;d pass on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Spook<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-1016\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 1016);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-1016\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-1016\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Author: Mary Roach Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: W. 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