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9781559707329

Weighing the Soul : Scientific Discovery from the Brilliant to the Bizarre

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  • ISBN13:

    9781559707329

  • ISBN10:

    1559707321

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-10-28
  • Publisher: Arcade Pub
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Summary

From the man who "puts the fizz in physics" ("Entertainment Weekly") comes anentertaining and thought-provoking foray into the science of the bizarre, thepeculiar, and the downright nutty. 25 illustrations.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Weighing the Soul
1(22)
Making a Move
23(22)
A Salute to Newton
45(24)
The Course of Lightning through a Corset
69(20)
Fool's Gold?
89(22)
Frankenstein Lives
111(22)
What Is Life?
133(28)
Conclusion: Necessary Mysteries
161(4)
Appendix: A Brief Catalogue of Necessary Mysteries 165(18)
Notes 183(60)
Index 243

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