Physics and psychics : the occult and the sciences in modern Britain / Richard Noakes (University of Exeter)
"This is the first systematic exploration of the intriguing connections between Victorian physical sciences and the study of the controversial phenomena broadly classified as psychic, occult and paranormal. These phenomena included animal magnetism, spirit-rapping, telekinesis and telepathy. Ri...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Science in history (Cambridge University Press)
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- New imponderables, new sciences
- A survey of physical-psychical scientists
- Physical theories and physical effects
- Psychical investigation as experimental physics
- Expertise in physics and psychics
- Modernising physics and psychics.