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848415
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Hansel, C. E. M., (Charles Edward Mark),1917-2011
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| Title & Author
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ESP and parapsychology : : a critical reevaluation /\ C.E.M. Hansel.
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| Publication Statement
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Buffalo, N.Y. :: Prometheus Books,, ©1980.
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v, 325 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0879751193
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: 0879751207
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: 9780879751197
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: 9780879751203
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-318) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. 1. The origins of psychical research -- The subject matter of psychical research -- Examining the evidence -- Early investigations -- Accounts of strange experiences -- Spiritualism -- Summary to part one -- pt. 2. Salad days at Duke University -- The years of controversy 1934- 1940 -- The Pearce-Pratt experiment -- The Pratt-Woodruff experiment -- The Soal-Goldney experiment -- The telepathic Welsh schoolboys -- Psychokinesis -- Group experiments -- Research behind the iron curtain -- summary to part two -- pt. 3. Testing ESP with a machine -- Psychical research at SRI -- Telepathy in dreams -- The challenge of chance -- The miracle men -- Uri Geller at SRI -- Mind-reach -- Summary to part three -- pt. 4. Conclusions.
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| Abstract
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A skeptical survey of the claims of ESP and spiritualism examines the historic experiments that have tried to prove or disprove those claims.
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Extrasensory perception.
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Parapsychology.
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Parapsychology.
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Parapsychologie-- Histoire.
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Extrasensory perception.
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Parapsychology.
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| Dewey Classification
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133.8/01/5
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| LC Classification
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BF1042.H23
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| NLM classification
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BF 1321H249e 1980
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