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Missing Pieces
Readers wishing to investigate paranormal claims can learn how the professionals do it. Missing Pieces is filled with practical information on checking out every type of mysterious anomaly, including UFO sightings, ghost hauntings, psychic feats, and other weird events.
This is a complete handbook, featuring tactics and techniques you can use immediately to get at the truth. Learn how to conduct investigations, interrogate witnesses, recognize deception, and use the mental and electronic tools of the trade for "ghostbusting." Uncover the tricks used by those who say they can heal or influence behavior using only the power of their minds. Expose those who allege that they were selected by gods or extraterrestials to bring messages to humankind.
Baker and Nickell also address why otherwise intelligent people often accept paranormal claims without question and how the investigator can use the media to spread the truth.
This is a complete handbook, featuring tactics and techniques you can use immediately to get at the truth. Learn how to conduct investigations, interrogate witnesses, recognize deception, and use the mental and electronic tools of the trade for "ghostbusting." Uncover the tricks used by those who say they can heal or influence behavior using only the power of their minds. Expose those who allege that they were selected by gods or extraterrestials to bring messages to humankind.
Baker and Nickell also address why otherwise intelligent people often accept paranormal claims without question and how the investigator can use the media to spread the truth.
- GenresParanormal
354 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1992
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Robert A. Baker
31 books1 followerThere is more than one author in the Goodreads catalog with this name. This entry is for Robert A.^Baker.
Baker, Robert A. (Robert Allen) 1921-2005
He is the editor of Psychology in the Wry, a collection of satire, and was formerly the co-editor of Approaches, a quarterly journal of contemporary poetry. His satirical and humorous verses have appeared in Vogue, Saturday Review, The Journal of Irreproducible Results, Worm-Runners' Digest, and other journals.
Baker, Robert A. (Robert Allen) 1921-2005
He is the editor of Psychology in the Wry, a collection of satire, and was formerly the co-editor of Approaches, a quarterly journal of contemporary poetry. His satirical and humorous verses have appeared in Vogue, Saturday Review, The Journal of Irreproducible Results, Worm-Runners' Digest, and other journals.
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October 24, 2008
Ini buku yang gue beli saat gue mau menciptakan karakter penyelidik masalah hal-hal gaib. Buku ini membantu gue untuk melihat bahwa di balik hal-hal gaib ada banyak penjelasan yang sama sekali gak gaib. Baker bukanlah tipe orang yang percaya pada hantu, ufo, dan sodara-sodaranya. Jadi, ini adalah buku untuk kaum skeptis dan orang-orang yang nggak percaya sama hantu.
Bagus untuk ngebantuin kamu melihat sisi lain hal-hal gaib. Buku ini sangat tebal dan agak susah didapat karena sudah lama. Beberapa penjelasan agak bertele-tele. Tapi, saya tetap suka karena nggak banyak buku yang sejenis di pasar. A really worth to keep book.
Bagus untuk ngebantuin kamu melihat sisi lain hal-hal gaib. Buku ini sangat tebal dan agak susah didapat karena sudah lama. Beberapa penjelasan agak bertele-tele. Tapi, saya tetap suka karena nggak banyak buku yang sejenis di pasar. A really worth to keep book.
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