WEIRD SCIENCE: AN EXPERT EXPLAINS GHOSTS, VOODOO, THE UFO CONSPIRACY, AND OTHER PARANORMAL PHENOMENA
Book ID/图书代码： 12100013B65492
English Summary/英文概要： In days of yore, humans believed that lightning bolts were evidence of the gods’ wrath; today, of course, we know they are actually a discharge of atmospheric electricity.Might there also be reasonable, rational, scientifically based explanations for phenomena we currently attribute to the supernatural? Yes, says Michael White, author of books on subjects ranging from Stephen Hawking to genetic research to Isaac Asimov, as well as hundreds of articles on cutting-edge science issues. As both a science expert and someone who has had first-hand experience with the paranormal, White is uniquely qualified to discuss the strange and bizarre--to explain the seemingly unexplainable.
With wit, humor and a lucidity of language that makes even the most convoluted subjects accessible to the layperson, white tackles two dozen of the hottest--and most controversial--"inexplicable" phenomena, providing answers to intriguing questions including:
Have aliens visited the Earth-and abducted people?
Is Atlantis resting in a watery grave and, if so, where?
Is there really a way to "create" zombies?
How could we see the future?
And much more!
Probing into the possible scientific underpinnings of everything from psychic spoonbending to interstellar travel to multiple dimensions, Michael White looks at the weird world of the paranormal, and shows how unbelievable things can remain within the limits of accepted science. Weird Scienceproves that truth certainly is stranger than fiction-and often much more interesting, too.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在古时候,人们认为闪电是鬼神在发怒,当然,今天我们知道那实际上是大气电的释放现象。对于现代的超自然奇怪现象也会有合理,理性,科学的解释吗? 是的,作者 Michael White的著作内容涵盖从Stephen Hawking 到Isaac Asimov遗传研究,以及数以百计的前沿科学文章。White是科学专家，并且有超自然现象的亲身经历,是唯一有资格讨论奇怪和奇特现象的人——解释看似令人费解的现象。
机智、幽默和清晰的语言,让最复杂的问题对即使一个门外汉来说也浅显易懂,White解释了24个最热门和最具争议的“令人费解”事件, 解答有意思的问题，这些问题包括:
是否有外星人到访地球并挟持人类?
亚特兰蒂斯号是否葬身并长眠于海底,如果是这样的话,又会在哪里?
真的有一种方式可以“制造”僵尸吗？
我们如何遇见未来？
还有其他更多的。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：思想开阔但又有评判性, 调查涵盖全范围的超自然现象现象和无法解释的神秘事物，让热衷者和怀疑论者感到不安。White,是英国男性时尚杂志《GQ》前科学主编和前科牛津d ’Overbroeck学院前科学研究主任, 他驳斥了临死经验，那是因为临死之前的垂死的大脑会产生幻觉。也解释了灵魂出窍经验：那是由于自身诱导的视觉化效果。 他主张说,鬼不是来世的游客,而是幻影,或别的围绕一个死去人能量的“记录回放系统”，那是由于被周围环境条件所困。 作者表明,海地巫术从业者看似是复活的僵尸，实际是使用产生幻觉的有毒化合物让受害者进入如同死亡的出神状态。更引起注意的是,他认为真正的信仰治疗师可能利用了生物能量学领域知识;预知能力也是基于量子力学理论的发现;心灵感应的推测天赋是利用你对未来还是未知形式下所传递的信息。 尽管White相信“几乎肯定”有和地球文明相差不远的外星人存在,他也猜测外星人可能的确时不时访问我们的星球,但是他驳斥了外星人挟持很多地球人进行基因实验的设想,他认为是集体发疯,催眠暗示和错误的渴求精神世界。 White公正的围绕着一系列话题进行剖析，包括：时空之旅,尼斯湖水怪,特兰蒂斯,克隆、宗教探访和地球与一颗小行星或彗星灾难性碰撞的潜在危险。他坚持自己的观点，生动的概述，将挑战怀疑耶稣复活的多马,新时代的信徒和前沿研究的科学家。 1999年(7月)版，里德商业信息公司。
About the Author/作者介绍： Michael White是英国男性时尚杂志《GQ》前科学主编，牛津d ’Overbroeck学院前科学研究主任。他的作品数以百计，文章涵盖前沿科学,以及流行和古典音乐。是探索频道的系列片”不可能的科学” 的顾问,他是十几本书的作者,包括畅销传纪《史蒂芬•霍金》,《查尔斯•达尔文》、《牛顿和艾萨克•阿西莫夫》。他与他的妻子和女儿住在英国伦敦。
Michael White is a former science editor of British GQ, as well as previous Director of Scientific Studies at d’Overbroeck’s college, Oxford.He is the author of hundreds of articles covering the cutting edge of science, as well as popular and classical music.A consultant for the Discovery Channel series "The Science of the Impossible," White is the author of a dozen books, including bestselling biographies of Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, and Isaac Asimov. He lives with his wife and daughter in London, England.
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