Overview
Does the giant Yeti roam the mountain ranges of Tibet? Does a real-life Shangri-La lie waiting to be discovered in a Himalayan valley? Do transmissions from lost civilizations beam messages of salvation to humankind? What lost creatures lurk in the murky depths of Scotland's brooding Loch Ness? And who - or what - is responsible for the implacable monoliths which tower over Easter Island? The obsession that so many now have with the uncanny and unnatural is itself a mystery. It prompts serious questions which could have remarkable answers. Drinking deep from the wells of esoteric knowledge, Greg Reece undertakes a heroic quest for solutions. Braving the darkest recesses of cult belief, he stalks the twilight borderlands of contemporary culture, where, at the outer edges of mainstream thought, things become downright freaky and outlandish.Taking his life in both hands, the author explores a subterranean cavern reputed to be the home of elusive blue-skinned troglodytes; goes hiking in the backwoods for a glimpse of Bigfoot; investigates the truth of Alternative Archaeology in search of Atlantis; and tests for himself the time-travel and anti-gravity theories of famed inventor Nikola Tesla. Unashamedly revelling in the unexplained, ""Weird Science and Bizarre Beliefs"" is both a penetrating analysis of the hidden underbelly of science, pseudo-science and religion and an unforgettable journey into the innermost depths of the fantastic and the peculiar.
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Author: Gregory L. Reece (Independent Scholar, Independent Scholar, USA)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.299kg
ISBN: 9781845117566
ISBN 10: 1845117565
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 December 2008
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A wide-ranging and surprising account of some of the wilder and woollier areas of human belief and the outer limits of credulity. --Louis Theroux A wide-ranging and surprising account of some of the wilder and woollier areas of human belief and the outer limits of credulity. --Louis Theroux
A wide-ranging and surprising account of some of the wilder and woollier areas of human belief and the outer limits of credulity. --Louis Theroux
“A wide-ranging and surprising account of some of the wilder and woollier areas of human belief and the outer limits of credulity.” --Louis Theroux
Author Information
Gregory L Reece is an independent writer and scholar based in Montevallo, Alabama, whose research and publishing interests include philosophy of religion and the study of new religious movements. His previous books were Elvis Religion: The Cult of the King (2006) and UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture (2007), both published by I.B. Tauris.
