Leaps of Faith: Science, Miracles, and the Search for Supernatural Consolation

Leaps of Faith: Science, Miracles, and the Search for Supernatural Consolation

by NicholasHumphrey (Author), D . Dennett (Preface)

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Elegant and literate -THE TIMES OF LONDON
The kind of book that both skeptics and believers would do well to read - SKEPTICAL INQUIRER
An urbane, original, convincing rebuttal of paranormal and supernatural notions -NEW SCIENTIST
A lively, entertaining book... Humphrey has set himself a larger task than simply explaining why people believe in parapsychology: the task of explaining why it is irrational to believe in it. -NATURE

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 260
Edition: 1999
Publisher: Springer
Published: 01 Jun 1999

ISBN 10: 0387987207
ISBN 13: 9780387987200
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Elegant and literate -THE TIMES OF LONDON
The kind of book that both skeptics and believers would do well to read - SKEPTICAL INQUIRER
An urbane, original, convincing rebuttal of paranormal and supernatural notions -NEW SCIENTIST
A lively, entertaining book... Humphrey has set himself a larger task than simply explaining why people believe in parapsychology: the task of explaining why it is irrational to believe in it. -NATURE