Seven Experiments that Could Change the World: A Do-it-yourself Guide to Revolutionary ScienceHow does your pet know when you're coming home? Can people really tell when they're being stared at? Can science explain the unexplainable? Celebrated biologist Rupert Sheldrake explores such questions in this compelling, intelligent book--and with simple, inexpensive experiments, the curious and the skeptical are invited to join him on this journey of discovery in the true spirit of science. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
HOW DO PIGEONS HOME? | 33 |
THE REALITY OF PHANTOM LIMBS | 125 |
Copyright | |
7 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
amputated anaesthetized animals assumption behavior belief birds body brain changes chapter Clever Hans colleagues colony conventional discussed double-blind errors example expectancy effects experimenter effects experiments explain extended mind feel Figure fine-structure constant flies fluctuations fundamental constants hypothesis Ibid idea Imich influence insects investigated kind laboratory laws look magnetic field measurements mechanistic ment method metrologists mind mobile loft morphic fields morphogenetic fields moved nature nerves nocebos normal observations organisms owner pain paranormal parapsychology patients percent person pets phan phantom arm phantom legs phantom limb phenomena physical physicists pigeon homing placebo effects Planck's constant possible powers practice proposed psychic psychokinetic psychology quantum question random samples sceptical Schmidt-Koenig scientific scientists sense speed of light stared subtle cues Swann taboo tend termites tests theory tion trials unconscious universal gravitational constant values variations velocity of light Wiltschko