From ether theory to ether theology: Oliver Lodge and the physics of immortality

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-43

  Raia, Courtenay Grean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; METAPHYSICS; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; THEOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; METAPHYSICS; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; THEOLOGY;

EID: 33846612807     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: 15206696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.20207     Document Type: Article

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