Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
by Mary Roach
Norton Paperback, £12.69, ISBN 978-0-393-32912-4
Is there life after death and, if so, how can we find out? One...
After Atheism: Science, Religion and the Meaning of Life
By Mark Vernon
Palgrave Macmillan £18.99 ISBN 0230013414
It is a shame that Mark Vernon and his version...
Contact with Alien Civilizations: Our Hopes and Fears About Encountering Extraterrestrials
By Michael A G Michaud
Copernicus Books (Springer Science + Business Media),
£17.50 (hb), ISBN 0-387-28598-9
Probably....
Newton: A Very Short Introduction
by Rob Lliffe
Oxford University Press, £6.99, ISBN 978 0 19 929803 7
Rob Lliffe is well placed to analyse the life...
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
by Lewis Wolpert
Faber and Faber, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 978-0-571-23166-3
In some ways I feel these 243 pages are too few. There...
Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys: Famous Scams and Scamps
by Magnus Magnusson
Mainstream, £9.99, ISBN 978-1-84596-210-4
I must begin by admitting that the author of this book, who...
The Occult Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Present Day
by David S. Katz
Pimlico, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 9780712667869
The main aim of occult practices is “to...