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Seven Experiments That Could Change the World
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Table of Contents

Preface to Second Edition

Preface to First Edition

General Introduction: Why Big Questions Don't Need Big Science


Part One:
Extraordinary Powers of Ordinary Animals


Introduction to Part One: Why Puzzling Powers of Animals Have Been Neglected

Chapter 1: Pets Who Know When Their Owners Are Returning

Chapter 2: How Do Pigeons Home?

Chapter 3: The Organization of Termites

Conclusions to Part One

Part Two:
The Extended Mind


Introduction to Part Two: Contracted and Extended Minds

Chapter 4: The Sense of Being Stared At

Chapter 5: The Reality of Phantom Limbs

Conclusions to Part Two

Part Three:
Scientific Illusions


Introduction to Part Three: Illusions of Objectivity

Chapter 6: The Variability of the "Fundamental Constants"

Chapter 7: The Effects of Experimenters' Expectations

Conclusions to Part Three

General Conclusions


Appendix to the Second Edition

Updates on the Seven Experiments


Notes


Bibliography


Index

About the Author

Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D., is a former research fellow of the Royal Society and former director of studies in biochemistry and cell biology at Clare College, Cambridge University. He is the author of more than 60 technical papers in scientific journals and several books, including The Rebirth of Nature, The Presence of the Past, A New Science of Life, and Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home. He lives in London.

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"In any generation, there are only a handful of people whose ideas contain the possibility of significantly altering the course of human history. Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is such a person. His ideas offer a real chance for humanity to regain its spiritual bearings. We have been blessed with a rare genius."
*Larry Dossey, M.D., bestselling author of Healing Words*

"In any generation, there are only a handful of people whose ideas contain the possibility of significantly altering the course of human history. Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is such a person. His ideas offer a real chance for humanity to regain its spiritual bearings. We have been blessed with a rare genius." * Larry Dossey, M.D., bestselling author of Healing Words *

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