by Mary Roach · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806183509
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«Spettri» is Mary Roach's popular science essay, published by Einaudi in paperback (234 pages, in Italian).
Mary Roach visits laboratories, operating rooms and séances to test beliefs about life after death against science: weighing the soul, voices of the dead, near-death experiences, ectoplasm and cases of reincarnation, always with rigour and a wry scepticism.
Originally published as «Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife» (2005); translated by Michela Volante. Einaudi collection. Stile libero extra.
Aimed at readers interested in popular science and scepticism applied to the paranormal, with an ironic tone.
Mary Roach is an American author specializing in popular science and humor. She has published eight New York Times bestsellers: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003), Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005), Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (2008), Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (2010), Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (2013), Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War (2016), Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (2021), and Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy (2025).
