Leaps of Faith: Science, Miracles, and the Search for Supernatural Consolation [Paperback]

Elegant and literate -THE TIMES OF LONDON
The kind of book that both skeptics and believers would do well to read - SKEPTICAL INQUIRER
An urbane, original, convincing rebuttal of paranormal and supernatural notions -NEW SCIENTIST
A lively, entertaining book... Humphrey has set himself a larger task than simply explaining why people believe in parapsychology: the task of explaining why it is irrational to believe in it. -NATUREThat Hypothesis.- Who Needs It?- Preparing for the Best.- A Ministry of Science.- The Howling Storm.- Jam Today.- Another Think Coming.- Uncommon Sense.- The World of a Difference.- Breaking the Law.- Anything Goes?- Designed Too Far.- The Art of the Possible?- Behold the Man.- Into the Light.- P?K?- E?S?P?- Need You Ask.- Keeping the Faith.- Three Givens.- Being There.- Inside Stories.- On Good Authority.- It Stands to Reason.- Beyond the Limits.- Nothing for Free.- On the Wings of a Dove.- Notes.- Index. Elegant and literate -THE TIMES OF LONDON
The kind of book that both skeptics and believers would do well to read - SKEPTICAL INQUIRER
An urbane, original, convincing rebuttal of paranormal and supernatural notions -NEW SCIENTIST
A lively, entertaining book... Humphrey has set himself a larger task than simply explaining why people believe in parapsychology: the task of explaining why it is irrational to believe in it. -NATUREWritten by a distinguished theoretical psychologist widely known for his work on the evolution of the mindSpringer Book Archives