Seven Experiments that Could Change the World: A Do-it-yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science

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Riverhead Books, 1996 - Nature - 288 pages
How 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.

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HOW DO PIGEONS HOME?
33
THE REALITY OF PHANTOM LIMBS
125
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Rupert Sheldrake is a former research fellow of the Royal Society and former director of studies in biochemistry and cell biology at Cambridge University. He is the author of several books, including The Rebirth of Nature and A New Science of Life.

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