Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

<p><strong>The best-selling author of <em>Stiff  </em>and <em>Bonk</em> trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul.</strong></p> "What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that€•the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die.