Encounters With the Paranormal

Do polygraph tests really detect lies? Can memories be implanted? Is subliminal perception a reality? What is the relationship between science and belief?Experts in the fields of physical/biological science psychology philosophy social science and forensic science bring their perspectives to controversies that affect the way we think and how we perceive reality and the natural world. From science's influence on beauty to antiscience in our universities and from UFO mythologies to near-death experiences this volume spans the gamut of pseudoscience today.Contributors include James Alcock Susan Blackmore Alan Cromer Mandy Fowler Christopher C. French Martin Gardner Thomas Gilovich Theodore Goertzel Paul R. Gross Peter Huston Ray Hyman Noretta Koertge Paul Kurtz Dan Larhammar Leon M. Lederman James Lett Norman Levitt Scott O. Lilienfeld Elizabeth Loftus Lee Loevinger Katy McCarthy Joe Nickell Bernard Oritz de Montellano Debbie Peers Anthony Pratkanis Carl Sagan Kenneth Savitsky Glenn Seaborg Elie Shneour Matthew Smith Victor Stenger Jeffrey F. Victor Jeff Wiseman and Richard Wiseman.