Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-318) and index.
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pt. 1. The origins of psychical research -- The subject matter of psychical research -- Examining the evidence -- Early investigations -- Accounts of strange experiences -- Spiritualism -- Summary to part one -- pt. 2. Salad days at Duke University -- The years of controversy 1934- 1940 -- The Pearce-Pratt experiment -- The Pratt-Woodruff experiment -- The Soal-Goldney experiment -- The telepathic Welsh schoolboys -- Psychokinesis -- Group experiments -- Research behind the iron curtain -- summary to part two -- pt. 3. Testing ESP with a machine -- Psychical research at SRI -- Telepathy in dreams -- The challenge of chance -- The miracle men -- Uri Geller at SRI -- Mind-reach -- Summary to part three -- pt. 4. Conclusions.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A skeptical survey of the claims of ESP and spiritualism examines the historic experiments that have tried to prove or disprove those claims.