Lucid dying : the new science revolutionizing how we understand life and death
(2024)
By:
Parnia, Sam
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
612.8233/PARNIA,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Hachette Books, 2024
©2024
©2024
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
vi, 342 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780306831287, 0306831287 :, 0306831287, 9780306831287
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"From internationally renowned expert in resuscitation and New York Times bestselling author Sam Parnia, MD, PhD, comes a From internationally renowned expert in resuscitation and New York Times bestselling author Sam Parnia, MD, PhD, comes a groundbreaking look at what happens to us when we die, based on the largest-ever research study run on recalled experiences of death" --
CONTENTS
Section one. Science of life and death : The brain in the bucket ;
A new scientific frontier ;
Exploring death: Past to present ;
Inside the dying brain: Bursts of activity ;
Mystery no more: Disinhibition not degernation ;
Lucid death --
Section two. Experiencing the grey zone of death : The cosmos: A vast expansion ;
Awestruck: The doctors' perspective ;
Liberated and separated ;
Reliving a recording of life ;
Needed to do more: Not as good as I thought ;
Going back "home" and the final return to life ;
Section three. Exploring consciousness : A Nobel Prize-winning idea ;
Self and its brain --
Section four. A world of distortions : Putting lipstick on a pig ;
Truth is in the eye of the beholder --
Section five. What it all means for us : Putting it together ;
Flight of life