Another Science Book...

As a chemist, I enjoy reading books about the science of everyday things as well as more bizarre items. Spook by Mary Roach, a follow-up to her first novel Stiff, delves into the science of the afterlife. It covers topics such as ectoplasm, reincarnation, and near-death experiences. I never had thought about whether people studied such phenomena, but there are numerous universities which have programs in these paranormal area. My favorite portion of the book discusses how people attempted to determine whether the soul existed by weighing people as they were dying. A loss in their mass was suspected to be the soul leaving the body. The author also attended a school on how to become a medium! While I enjoyed Stiff much more than Spook, I am definitely going to be reading Ms. Roach's newest book, Bonk.